Mark Cuban, the famous billionaire and star of Shark Tank, believes that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could have prevented the collapse of FTX-related crypto in late 2022. According to Cuban, Japan learned from the infamous 2014 Mt. Gox hack and implemented regulations to protect investors. He argues that if the SEC had followed the same approach as Japan, there would not have been an FTX issue. Cuban suggests that audited collateral and segregation of funds requirements could have prevented the failure of FTX and other collapsed crypto businesses. He also points out that other financial sectors pose greater risk to investors. Cuban questions the effectiveness of the SEC in protecting investors from scams, comparing the losses incurred by speculators in penny stocks to those in crypto tokens. Despite this, Cuban outlines the various utilities of crypto, such as lower cost of capital transfers, immediate collateralized loans, and tokenization of assets. He emphasizes the importance of regulating scam tokens out of business while acknowledging the potential of cryptocurrencies.
