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.
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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.
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SEC Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda launched a crypto task force to develop a “comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto
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,
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