Mark Cuban says he wants Gary Gensler’s job as head of the SEC

Billionaire Mark Cuban precocious said he’d see accepting a position arsenic nan caput of either nan United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) aliases nan Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) if Kamala Harris were to triumph nan presidency.

Cuban, known for being an outspoken finance mogul and cryptocurrency advocate, precocious endorsed Harris complete Trump successful nan upcoming 2024 US statesmanlike elections. Among different factors, he cited her policies connected nan system arsenic 1 of nan driving factors successful his decision. 

Goodbye Gary, Hello Mark? 

During an question and reply pinch Fox News's Neil Caputo, Cuban responded to a mobility astir whether he’d service successful a Harris furniture arsenic nan Secretary of nan Treasury of Commerce:

Cuban past went connected to laud Harris’ caller committedness to beforehand technologies specified arsenic artificial intelligence. After prompting from Caputo, Cuban said Gensler was “awful, particularly for crypto and each businesses.”

Given nan discourse of nan interview, it’s unclear whether Cuban is earnestly considering a position successful a imaginable Harris White House furniture aliases if immoderate discussions person been held pinch her campaign.

However, pinch Elon Musk purportedly considering joining a imaginable Donald Trump furniture — arsenic nan caput of a planned “Department of Government Efficiency” — nan 2024 title has had nary shortage of high-profile billionaires linking their fates to nan US statesmanlike election’s outcome.

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Cryptocurrency has played an expanding domiciled successful US authorities and, arsenic Cointelegraph precocious reported, Kamala Harris has finally surgery her soundlessness connected nan subject.

The Democratic campaigner says her management will support integer assets and advancing blockchain technology, but she has truthful acold made small mention of cryptocurrency specifically. 

Meanwhile, her opponent, Republican nominee and erstwhile US president Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., precocious launched World Liberty Financial, a DeFi business that’s received mixed reactions from some nan crypto and governmental communities. 

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