Gary Gensler is (let’s simply say it) universally disliked in crypto for the SEC’s frequent aggressive “enforcement actions” and for his unwillingness to be clear about what’s and what isn’t legally permissible relating to digital property.

However is the story true? Let’s check out the proof, and the way this “story” might have come about.

It might be true that “a number of senior Senate staffers” consider Gensler could possibly be Treasury Secretary in a Harris administration. Gensler is lengthy believed to have coveted that job and he would definitely be well-qualified: he labored on Wall Avenue (Goldman Sachs), he’s led each of the nation’s main markets regulators (the SEC and Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee), and he was a professor at MIT. He’s a well-rounded, skilled financial public servant; why wouldn’t he be thought-about as a Treasury Secretary candidate? Placing apart that Harris must win the presidency, a Senate majority and persuade each Democratic and Republican Senators to assist his nomination … it’s actually doable Gensler may get the job subsequent yr, although, in accordance with most specialists, that’s unlikely.

However the story is crammed with pink flags that any respectable editor would instantly mark up with pink ink. For instance: “These rumors corroborate what prime Republicans have additionally instructed the Reporter on the document.” Rumors don’t corroborate something. And there’s nothing near a quote from somebody near the Harris camp; the “possible” within the headline all comes from these Senate staffers.