Pressure on SEC Chair Rises as Even WSJ Accuses Gensler of 'Holding Investors Hostage' with Bitcoin ETF Stance

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler is "taking investors hostage" with his insistence to deny spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded products (ETPs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to launch in the US, the influential Wall Street Journal said in its editorial piece. Wall Street Journal's Editorial Board writes that they are "agnostic on crypto, including bitcoin," but that investors still should be allowed to "invest at their own risk."...