According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reporters recently revealed through the Freedom of Information Act that since 2022, Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has received multiple threatening emails and voice messages from the United States and internationally. These threats contain violent rhetoric, one of which claims to shoot and chop him up, and another threatening email with the subject "Go to hell" came from Australia.
Some threats may even come from government employees. Although these threats are not explicitly related to Gensler's cryptocurrency regulatory policies, Gensler has long been ridiculed and criticized in the crypto community for his crackdown on the digital asset industry. Many crypto users have publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with him on social media. At the 2024 Bitcoin Conference, Donald Trump promised to fire Gensler as soon as he took office, which won a warm response from the audience.
Gensler’s term currently runs until 2026, but the election outcome could affect his stay.
