Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss states that federal securities regulators have concluded their investigation into the US-based crypto exchange.

According to Winklevoss, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed Gemini lawyer Jack Baughman that it has finished its investigation and will not pursue an enforcement action against the platform.

The SEC has already dropped its case against the crypto exchange Coinbase and is shutting down investigations into the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea, the retail trading app Robinhood, and the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) UniSwap.

Winklevoss asserts that these developments represent a milestone indicating the end of the SEC’s “war on crypto,” but he contends that they do little to compensate for the damage caused by the agency.

“The SEC cost us tens of millions of dollars in legal bills alone and hundreds of millions in lost productivity, creativity, and innovation. Of course, Gemini is not alone. The SEC’s behavior in aggregate towards other crypto companies and projects cost orders of magnitude more and caused unquantifiable loss in economic growth for America.”

To deter abuses, Winklevoss suggests that regulatory agencies should reimburse three times the legal expenses incurred for initiating investigations or enforcement actions without first establishing the rules.

He also proposes lifetime bans for regulatory officials who “weaponize the law.”

“We will not rebuild trust and integrity in federal agencies unless there are serious consequences for bad faith actors.”

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