Gary Gensler is making a final pitch for how the SEC should be allowed to regulate cryptocurrency markets ahead of the incoming Trump administration and its enthusiasm for digital assets.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to create a friendly regulatory framework for crypto, and his allies support shrinking the SEC's power.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler defended the agency’s approach to regulating cryptocurrency, contending that his leadership has not differed much from that of former SEC Chair Jay Clayton.

In what sounded awfully close to a farewell speech, Gensler made only passing reference to his most controversial disclosure rule, on climate change.

Gary Gensler has made suggestions about SEC regulation of digital assets before Trump’s administration takes hold with their high priorities regarding cryptocurrencies. On Thursday, an annual securities regulation conference was held in New York.