SEC Chair Gensler on crypto: “It’s a bit of the Wild West”

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In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung, SEC Chair Gary Gensler discusses the unregulated state of the cryptocurrency industry. He also weighs in on the SEC’s role in regulating DeFi and stablecoins.

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