As the cryptocurrency market tries to reel from the carnage it suffered over the past weeks, the value of its flagship digital asset has taken another hit after the statements from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief Gary Gensler.
Indeed, not long after several crypto social media sources started sharing Gensler’s statements from the CNBC interview on June 27, the market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) has lost around $10 billion, while the price of BTC dropped below $21,000.
What did Gensler say?
According to sources, Gensler told CNBC that Bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency that he was willing to say was a commodity. Bloomberg’s senior exchange-traded fund (ETF) analyst Eric Balchunas quoted Gensler on Twitter as saying:
“There’s a lot of risk in crypto but there’s also risk in classic securities markets. Difference is there’s no rules or disclosures in the former to protect from fraud and manipulation.”
As Balchunas added, Gensler reaffirmed that there will be no spot Bitcoin ETF for now.
CURATED FROM:
Nicenko, A. (2022, June 27). Bitcoin’s market cap drops $10 billion after SEC Chair’s CNBC interview. Finbold. Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://finbold.com/bitcoins-market-cap-drops-10-billion-after-sec-chairs-cnbc-interview/
