The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is “serious” about developing effective cryptocurrency policies, commissioners say at a roundtable
The Securities and Exchange Commission's first meeting on cryptocurrencies began with participants reassuring their intention to create effective policy.
Jesse Hamilton, Nikhilesh De | Edited by Benjamin Schiller Updated Mar 21, 2025 8:13 PM UTC Published Mar 21, 2025 6:30 PM UTC
Key points:
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is actively engaging with the crypto industry to more effectively enforce securities laws in this area, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who leads the agency's cryptocurrency task force, said at the start of her first roundtable on cryptocurrency issues.
- The discussion was attended by about a dozen lawyers representing various aspects of the crypto industry.
- Pierce told reporters that non-fungible tokens could be the subject of the SEC's next filing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioners are seizing the opportunity to finally collaborate with the crypto industry to create policies to oversee digital asset transactions, said Commissioner Hester Peirce, who leads the agency’s cryptocurrency task force.
The securities regulator is ready to “actively seek an effective framework,” Peirce said at the agency’s first cryptocurrency roundtable on Friday. “I think we’re ready for this coming spring,” she added, referring to the title of the day’s event, “Spring Sprint to Crypto Clarity.”
The challenge, says Pearce, is: “Can we adapt the characteristics of a security into a simple taxonomy that will encompass the many different types of cryptoassets that exist today and may emerge in the future?”
Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda told reporters that despite recent statements from the Securities and Exchange Commission that some areas of the crypto sector are not subject to securities laws (
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