In the latest episode of the All-In podcast, longtime Bitcoin bull Chamath Palihapitiya said that “crypto is dead in America.”
Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, who said two years ago that bitcoin has replaced gold and predicted the digital currency would climb to $200,000, has a much more cautious view on cryptocurrencies these days.
“Crypto is dead in America,” Palihapitiya said in the latest episode of the All-In podcast.
Palihapitiya blamed crypto’s demise largely on regulators, who have gotten much more aggressive in their pursuit of bad actors in the industry. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has said crypto trading platforms should abide by strict U.S. securities laws.
In answering questions in front of lawmakers recently, Gensler connected the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank with the crypto industry.
“You had Gensler even blaming the banking crisis on crypto,” Palihapitiya said. “The United States authorities have firmly pointed their guns at crypto.”
The SEC has ramped up its enforcement of the crypto industry, bearing down on companies and projects that the regulator alleges were selling unregistered securities.
In February, the agency proposed rules that would change which crypto firms can custody customer assets. In March, the SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice — typically one of the final steps before it files charges — warning the company that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law. Last week, the SEC charged the crypto asset trading platform Bittrex and its ex-CEO with operating an unregistered exchange.
Due to the economic separation between Russia and the West resulting from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is developing special institutions to mine and transfer crypto across borders.
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So two years go, it was heading for $200,000. Today, it’s “dead”.
Neither claim is a statement about reality.
I don’t think any of it will outlive the dollar except for their CBDC. They don’t call it the Zombie Apocalypse for nothing.
Its the SEC….not Kwon, SBF, Mt Gox, Voyager, Celsius, Silvergate, scamwicks, rugpulls, Telegramscams, crypto romance scams, NFT scams, barting, washtrading, low volume pumps from Hell at 348am on a Sunday morning and whales sharting on us…NO!…its the SEC!!!