'Nakamoto's innovation is real,' says SEC Chair Gary Gensler

[w4llstr33t]

https://cointelegraph.com/news/nakamoto-s-innovation-is-real-says-sec-chair-gary-gensler

[probe]

If interested, here's the course Gary Gensler taught on "blockchain and money" before becoming SEC chair - https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-s1...

The last lecture especially gives a sense of how he's thinking through things.

[mgh2]

The media can spin his statements either way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28056559

[w4llstr33t → mgh2]

Here is the full transcript if you would like to decide for yourself: https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/gensler-aspen-secu...

[aaron695]

It's a bit of a clown land

1636 someone says I think tulips are real and maybe people might like them? Really cutting edge opinions.

And I know there was no tulips mania, just a few weirdos who paid a lot to be popular. Because tulips were cool and stayed cool.

[loceng]

Regulatory capture is real.