Gary Gensler: “In this marketplace, I believe that we had a great many people come to the conclusion that it is another asset class.”

The CFTC, I love, it is a great agency, but it was set up to do the derivatives.

That is because--and with all respect, that is because they are choosing to try to not comply with U.S. law.

The SEC is very much implementing the priorities that I and my Democratic colleagues championed when we were in charge.

The only thing political is protecting the American public, which I think Members of both sides of the aisle will probably agree with.