SEC Announces New Crypto Task Force

SEC Launches Crypto Task Force Led By ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce
The US Securities and Exchange Commission will launch a cryptocurrency-focused task force to come up with ways to regulate the market, in one of the first moves by the agency after the resignation of crypto skeptic Gary Gensler.
Why the SEC's new Crypto Task Force with 'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce is such a big deal
With Hester Peirce, affectionately known as "Crypto Mom," now heading up the SEC's newly established Crypto Task Force, the tides are turning in favor of clarity and progress. As Commissioner Peirce predicted last month in an exclusive interview with Coinage, change is finally here, and it’s going to be faster than people anticipate.
SEC Forms New Crypto Task Force Spearheaded by Hester Peirce
The SEC’s new crypto task force will also coordinate with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – which, under the leadership of former Chair Gensler and former CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam, has been locked in competition with the SEC over which agency should be the primary regulator of the crypto industry.
‘Unbelievably bullish’: Crypto bros celebrate new SEC task force led by ‘crypto mom’
Crypto bros rejoiced Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s revamped Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a new cryptocurrency task force led by Hester Peirce, known by some in the industry as “crypto mom.”
Hester Peirce tapped to lead SEC’s new crypto task force
SEC launches crypto task force led by Hester Peirce to establish clear legal standards and support innovation amid Trump's pro-crypto era.
SEC Launches New Task Force to Improve Crypto Regulations
The SEC launches a task force to create clear crypto regulations, supporting innovation while ensuring investor protection.
'SEC Can Do Better': Hester Peirce to Lead New Crypto Task Force
With Donald Trump in the White House, the new-look SEC is taking aim at its past crypto regulation tactics and developing a new path forward.
SEC launches crypto task force to create regulatory clarity
The SEC announced an initiative Tuesday to create a regulatory framework for digital assets with a new internal task force led by Republican commissioner Hester Peirce.
SEC unveils crypto task force led by Hester Peirce
This undertaking will take time, patience, and much hard work,” Peirce said, adding the agency plans to encourage a regulatory environment that “protects investors, facilitates capital formation, fosters market integrity,
SEC’s Crypto Task Force Clearest Sign Yet of Pivot From Gensler Era
This week, on the first full day of the new administration, the SEC under acting Chairman Mark Uyeda announced the formation of an agencywide task force to study cryptocurrencies and chart a “sensible regulatory path that respects the bounds of the law.
SEC Crypto 2.0: SEC Announces New Crypto Task Force
On January 21, 2025, the SEC announced the formation of a new Crypto Task Force. Styled “Crypto 2.0” in the SEC press release, the announcement signals a shift in the agency’s approach to the digital asset sector coincident with the change in presidential administrations.
SEC Repeals SAB 121 Policy That Restricted Banks From Providing Custody Services For Bitcoin: Crypto Mom Says 'Bye, Bye'
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SEC’s ‘CryptoMom’ Tasked With Overhauling Regulator’s Digital-Assets Approach
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Fresh Off Launching a Memecoin, Trump Tells SEC to Create Crypto Regulations
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