SEC’s conservative approach to crypto needs to change- SEC’s Peirce
“Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce admits the SEC can be slow in giving guidance, but she sees the regulator becoming more open to change. Hester Peirce, commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) affectionately known as “Crypto Mom,” says the regulator’s more conservative attitude around crypto needs to change as people become more interested in the space. In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, Peirce said the crypto landscape is changing quickly.“While we’ve been very slow in giving guidance, there is more and more interest from a wide spectrum of people, both....
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The pro-crypto SEC commissioner and “Crypto Mom” had sharp words for SEC behavior toward Bitcoin spot ETF sponsorship applicants, delivered at a libertarian forum. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner Hester Peirce, sometimes known as Crypto Mom for her ardent support of the industry, spoke Tuesday at a conference hosted by the conservative-libertarian Federalist Society titled “Regulating the New Crypto Ecosystem: Necessary Regulation or Crippling Future Innovation?” Her lengthy remarks — over 4,000 words in the prepared version, which was augmented....
Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a dissenting remark on the regulator’s approach to the crypto sector. In a statement on October 27, the crypto-friendly commissioner lambasted the SEC’s enforcement actions against the LRBY blockchain company. Back in March 2021, the US securities regulator filed a lawsuit against LBRY, […]
The SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021.
At least one leader at the SEC is in favor of seeing a Bitcoin ETF approved in the US. In a virtual fireside chat with the D.C. Bar, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce criticized the commission’s long-standing resistance to a Bitcoin ETF.Moderator Ashley Ebersole asked about the SEC’s highly public dissatisfaction with a long series of Bitcoin ETF proposals in the U.S. Peirce, who is often known as "CryptoMom," responded with opposition to those rejects: “I’ve been pretty outspoken about my disagreement with my colleagues on disapproving some of these exchange-traded products.”Bitcoin is not....
The commissioner of the SEC, Hester Peirce, told an audience at CFC 2021 that crypto regulation should be focused on innovation, and that the U.S should be number one. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce spoke at the CFC 2021 virtual blockchain conference on Jan. 20, where she discussed the prospect of working with a new Biden-appointed chairman, and touched on her hopes of providing the cryptocurrency space with some “safe harbor”.Known affectionately by cryptocurrency enthusiasts as “Crypto Mom”, Peirce addressed the changeover at the SEC that saw former chairman Jay Clayton depart his post....