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The word inside the SEC is that Gensler wants to get his proposed changes done before the new GOP Congress takes over Jan. 3.

Stablecoins and cryptocurrency lending platforms are in the crosshairs of SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Democrats in Congress are also circling, aiming to treat crypto trading more like stocks.

Fittingly for a day in which Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler pulled no punches in his congressional testimony, the main theme running through the Blockworks crypto conference on Tuesday was undoubtedly regulation.Why it matters: The

Republican Senators pushed back against the agenda that Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler supported during his recent appearance before the Senate Banking Committee.