SEC Commissioner’s Twitter Enjoys Increased Popularity Following Bitcoin ETF Defense
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SEC Commissioner’s Twitter Enjoys Increased Popularity Following Bitcoin ETF Defense

THELOGICALINDIAN - SEC abettor Hester M Pierce has enjoyed a massive arrival of followers pursuant to her official altercation with the Securities and Exchange Commissions contempo abnegation of the Winklevossproposed Bitcoin ETF

SEC Commissioner Hester M. Pierce recently dissented with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disapproval of the proposed aphorism change to account and barter shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust on the bats BZX Exchange on July 27. Not alone did she formally disagree with her adolescent commissioners, she additionally holds that the hypothesis itself abides by aldermanic standards and that the SEC has absolutely bootless to administer the law correctly.

Shortly afterwards her statement, a Reddit thread appeared, calling readers to “show her some adulation from the Crypto Community.”

And adulation followed.

In aloof three canicule back the Reddit column went live, Pierce’s Twitter has accumulated added than 13,000 followers — continuing at 15,400 at the time of autograph this — causing some users to accredit to her as the “Crypto Mom.”

The advertence is a assiduity of an beforehand acknowledgment of the community, which alleged the administrator of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — J. Christopher Giancarlo — “Crypto Dad” afterward his February speech to the Senate Banking Committee, in which he aboveboard alleged for a “do no harm” access from policymakers.

Bitcoin (BTC) [coin_price] took a austere hit afterwards the SEC appear its accommodation to blame of the proposed changes to account Winklevoss’ Bitcoin ETF. The world’s better cryptocurrency absent about $400 — or a little beneath than 5 percent.

Nevertheless, Bitcoin recovered on the afterward day, spiking aback to a aerial of $8,262.

At the aforementioned time, it’s account acquainted that the ETF which absolutely has the association absorbed is the one filed by the Cboe in June. As Bitcoinist reported, though, acknowledged able Jake Chervinsky holds that the SEC will booty its time and adjournment the accommodation until aboriginal March 2019.

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