Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, took to the X/Twitter platform to share his opinion on the recent hack of the SEC’s Twitter account, which was commented on by the regulatory agency’s president, Gary Gensler.
Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, took to the X/Twitter platform to share his opinion on the recent hack of the SEC’s Twitter account, which was commented on by the regulatory agency’s president, Gary Gensler.
The SEC’s official account release indicated that spot-based Bitcoin ETF products for multiple companies have been approved. Gensler later tweeted that the SEC account had been compromised.
“I think Gensler is lying”: Scaramucci
Scaramucci believes that the SEC chairman preferred to hide the truth about what happened on Tuesday, claiming that the story about the account hijacking was probably made up: “I think Gensler is lying,” he tweeted.
What really happened, according to Scaramucci’s version, is that most likely “an employee made a mistake and jumped the gun,” and now the SkyBridge founder believes that Gensler is trying to blame Twitter for this, saying that the account was compromised.
Scaramucci emphasized that the tweet about the supposedly compromised account was “carefully worded and included a produced graphic.” He noted that this is “a continuation of the amateurish and dishonest nature of the current SEC leadership regime.
The tweet posted by Gensler, in which he refuted the message about the approval of the Bitcoin spot ETF, caused the price of the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, to plummet to the $45,000 area after a rise above of the $47,000 thanks to the “incorrect” tweet.
From Scaramucci’s tweet it can be concluded that the regulator is about to approve Bitcoin spot ETFs, but the announcement date may be delayed until later.
Crypto Community Reacts to Gensler’s Statement
Crypto Twitter reacted to the SEC Chairman’s tweet with criticism. Many prominent figures in the financial and crypto communities posted tweets to comment on Gensler’s statement. Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus recommended using 2F authentication to protect account X from hackers.
Venture capitalist and Bitcoin evangelist Anthony Pompliano stated that Bitcoin ETFs are likely not approved yet, and if the account was truly hacked, “it will be crazy.”
Bitcoiner CEO Samson Mow, on January 3, posted a joking tweet about the SEC account being hacked by short sellers. Ripple’s CTO joked about what a bad source of information the SEC has become these days.
