You nailed it.
I am more worried about these so called experts to harm Bitcoin then anything else. Every now and then you will see new experts are introducing them in social media (youTube, Facebook) and trying to make money with their BS. Funny thing is that people do fall for them.
The difference with this statement is that it's a real live commissioner
And how does it change things to the better? Other people who are saying about Bitcoin are not real or what? My point is that just the fact that it is a real live commissioner doesn't necessarily make him a good person at all (or the whole SEC board, for that matter). Besides, the SEC is not the only pebble on the beach out there. We also have the CFTC which somehow looks like a bit more loyal toward cryptocurrencies
Are they lowering their standards?