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Martin Gruenberg, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), announced today that he’ll be stepping down on January 19, 2025, one day before Trump takes office.
I’d like to take this opportunity to tell Mr. Gruenberg not to let the door hit him on the way out.
The FDIC chair was one of the key players behind Operation Chokepoint 2.0 (as well as the first Operation Chokepoint), which included the unlawful debanking of a number of Bitcoin and crypto companies, which almost spurred a global financial crisis.
During this tenure, Gruenberg directed the FDIC to take unlawful action against banks that served the Bitcoin and crypto industry seemingly because the industry was politically unfavorable.
Gruenberg said he’d be leaving his post in May of this year, after reports of sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination occurring within FDIC under his watch surfaced but didn’t offer a date for his departure unt
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