Secret Crypto Borscht: What Gary Gensler Was Really Cooking Behind SEC Doors! 🥄

Picture this: The once-mighty ex-chairman of the American Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, known in the outer world as the grand inquisitor of crypto, tiptoeing down the gloomy corridors of power. Who would have imagined it? According to former Representative Patrick McHenry, behind the impenetrable oak doors and under flickering chandeliers, Gensler wasn’t a fiery crypto slayer, but rather a shifty admirer—perhaps even a secret hodler!

In a May 13 chat on the Crypto in America podcast, McHenry peeled back the velvet curtain. In private meetings—each more clandestine than the last—Gensler apparently unleashed a bewildering affection for digital assets, speaking with the passion of a man who once accidentally installed a bitcoin wallet while trying to check his email.

When McHenry was grilled, “Did Gensler foam at the mouth about crypto in private like he did in public?” his answer was a resounding, “No… Nope.” (Somewhere, an Ethereum developer breathed a sigh of relief.)

It turns out, Gensler “saw the golden gleam in digital assets,” even tipping his hat (theoretically, for no hat was present) to the brilliance of blockchain during his scholarly days at the fabled halls of MIT. The saga grew juicier: Gerald Gallagher, currently wrangling legal matters at Sei Labs, confessed that Gensler played a hand in brewing the mystical “airdrop”—a notion now considered as antique as last week’s NFT hype.

Ah, but as fate and bureaucracy willed it, upon donning the famed SEC chair—which, legend has it, is haunted by the ghosts of bulls and bears—Gensler changed. “I had this weird, mistaken, stupid belief that he wouldn’t be that bad as SEC chair,” McHenry sighed, bemoaning his own optimism like a man who bet his fortune on tulip bulbs. “And I mean, just the level of dismay.” The nation’s crypto traders wept.

Gensler’s Crypto Waltz: Dizzying Steps, Uncertain Music 🎶

If only Gensler’s stance were as simple as a Moscow street vendor’s promises. But no! McHenry recounted talks “about legal frameworks and content structures” that started off sensible enough—like a recipe for borscht—only to get flipped, turned, and mashed within minutes. One moment Gensler nods furiously, next moment he claims not to know the difference between Satoshi and a samovar. (Is this not government in a nutshell?)

Whence comes this cryptic ballet? McHenry suspects Gensler’s tap dance was less about digital code and more about the hallowed halls of Senate politics, where truth is traded for votes faster than crypto at an all-time high.

Alas, on January 20, Gensler slipped quietly back to MIT, where he now lectures on fintech and AI—no doubt dazzling students with tales like “How I Survived a Hundred Crypto Lawsuits (And Lived to Tell the Tale).”

Under Gensler’s ever-watchful eye (2021 onwards), the SEC roared like a hungry bear market—over 100 regulatory actions were delivered with the speed of a Cossack raid, leaving industry leaders shaking. Their revenge? Scrutiny. Banter. Possibly, angry memes.

And then the climax! In December 2024, Brian Armstrong of Coinbase declared: “We’ll no longer work with law firms employing any SEC alums who tried to squash crypto.” A plot twist worthy of a serialized novel!

Not to be outdone, in January 2025, Gemini huffed and puffed, threatening to excommunicate all MIT grads unless the university kindly misplaced Gensler. Academic intrigue! Crypto drama! It’s unclear if anyone fainted, but surely a monocle or two was lost in the kerfuffle.

So, was Gensler the crypto foe he played on stage, or merely an actor compelled by the wild script of Washington? The answer, dear reader, is like Satoshi’s true identity—forever uncertain, and just a little bit absurd. 🤔

2025-05-14 11:45

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