US SEC Chairman says he’ll resign when Trump is inaugurated

Andrew Peach discussed Gary Gensler’s announcement that he will resign as Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission on the day that Donald Trump takes office. Gensler is known to be a sceptic of crypto currencies unlike the incoming President who received heavy backing from the crypto community during the election. The IG Metall trade union in Germany announces that it will urge workers at Volkswagen to go on strike from December. VW is threatening to shut some of its German factories for the first time in its history. And Swedish battery maker Northvolt has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA.