FILE PHOTO: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies at a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on systemic risk and market oversight on Capitol Hill in Washington May 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New investment rules are needed to help protect investors as social media, apps and other technology impact trading and financial markets, the head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday.
Gary Gensler, who took over as the regulator's chairman last month, told CNBC in an interview that while investors can take risks more protections are needed amid the rise in "crypto tokens" and fierce stock rallies driven by online posts.
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