Watch CNBC's full interview with SEC Chair Gary Gensler

Following the House Committee on Financial Services third hearing on the GameStop saga, SEC Chair Gary Gensler joins CNBC's Squawk Box in his first interview at the helm of the agency to discuss the reddit-fueled spike in GameStop earlier this year, Archegos Fallout, short-selling, cryptocurrency and more.

[IvanGoldBit]

More rules when the average person makes more

[dirktadango]

COME SEC!!!! Do what you’re supposed to do!!! Don’t be scared, fix the #GME #AMC #Imholding #diamondhands I’ll let it go to zero per share before I’d sell!!!! I’m an AMC and GME shareholder

[knemo]

All I hear is that he needs to protect his buddies and screw over the "guys who need protection"

[atrip]

I wish they would’ve asked him how he felt about naked short stocks. The market is totally manipulated and I wish somebody would do something about it.

[cryptocruz]

Investor protection means we’re going to protect the normal person from becoming wealthy!!

[ceoatcrystalsoft]

Yeah, we can trust the SEC. Definitely! Just pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

[martinlutherkingjr.]

Wait is this the dude who was teaching that annoying MIT blockchain course YouTube kept recommending to me?

[mobe]

Nothing scarier than hearing " I'm from the government and I'm here to help."- Ronald Reagan

[ThinkingCrypto]

The SEC needs to drop the bogus lawsuit against Ripple. The US needs full crypto regulation.

[gustavon.]

Load up on Ethereum, that's my takeaway from this interview. Its cheap now but it won't be cheap for long.

[junglejoy_co]

He looks like he could be a character from the Pixar movie ants... maybe a grasshopper.

[Hello-plqe]

Payment for order flow is used solely to trade against retail orders and squeeze them out of what normally might be a good trade, what else would they gain from it. It turns it into david vs Goliath with no wins for the small guy.

[yaboi_]

All I hear is: the rich protect the rich.

[BEASTNYC]

10 YEARS and they still have no idea what is what and what to do - or they just don't want to do anything, and don't care. the only thing they care make

[c.p.]

Gensler in creditably smart. Bitcoin safe. Now for those other coins that release ICO IDO favoring founders and friends. That is another story.

[ADTranfamily]

If technology is a good thing, why don't we replace SWIFT with XRP for cross border transfer

[besoamy]

Sure SEC wants public comments. I was on SEC site, very interesting reading, no easy way to submit comments. How about simple opt out of data sharing, talk about high frequency trading. Investigationes into codes on trading aps to shut down buying and selling. You'll never ban off shore accounts. The SEC is the problem.

[bkhog]

I call BS! Sorry we didn’t slide you anything under the table. We are just trying to find a better future for our families

[samhouston]

Everything: “we’re looking into it.” Thanks!

[williamkim]

Watch Gensler’s MIT crypto lectures on YouTube.