Hester Peirce

SEC’s Peirce Warns Against Stifling Crypto Innovation

“You can have pretty effective self-regulation,” Peirce said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Business  ·  9 June 2021

State of Crypto: What Regulators Said at Consensus 2021

Regulators are getting more involved in crypto, or so they said at this year's Consensus event.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 May 2021
Hester Peirce

Crypto May Force SEC to Modernize Custody Rules: Commissioner Hester Peirce

“The bottom line message I have is that we have work to do in modernizing our custody rules all across the board,” Pierce said.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 May 2021
Coinbase

State of Crypto: Unpacking Hester Peirce’s Newest Safe Harbor Proposal

The revised Token Safe Harbor proposal defines what a successful project would look like.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 April 2021
ICOs

SEC’s Peirce Updates Safe Harbor Proposal for Token Sales

The updated proposal adds a number of new reporting requirements for startups.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 April 2021
DeFi

SEC’s Hester Peirce Says ‘Alluring’ DeFi Space Needs Legal Clarity

The commissioner sees DeFi as "a very good test" to see if regulators can regulate in a way that empowers investors and markets alike.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 February 2021
SEC

SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Market Is Ready for a Bitcoin ETP

Peirce also pushed back against an emerging government narrative that cryptocurrency is a dangerous rail for terrorist financing.

Markets  ·  11 February 2021
SEC

SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Regulations Should Be Slow, Though Crypto Rules Could Be Faster

New regulations take time to allow for public feedback, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said at CoinDesk's Bitcoin for Advisors conference.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 November 2020
CoinFlash

SEC Will Be Forced to Give Crypto Guidance Despite Bureaucracy, Risk-Avoidance: Peirce

Increased interest in the crypto space will necessitate a more-accommodative stance, the commissioner predicted.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 October 2020
DeFi

SEC Commissioner Peirce Chats About DeFi, Tokens and Her Unikrn Dissent at LA Blockchain Summit

While Peirce steered clear of commenting on specific DeFi projects like SushiSwap, she pointed out that issuers of governance tokens do have to think about how they share characteristics with equities.

News  ·  6 October 2020
SEC

SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Unikrn-Killing Fine to Have Chilling Effect

Peirce disagrees with the SEC finding on Unikrn and warns imposing a $6.1 million penalty will have a chilling effect on innovation.

Business  ·  15 September 2020
Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Commissioner Peirce Blasts Regulator’s Action Against Telegram

"Crypto Mom" took no prisoners in her fiery rebuke of the SEC's Telegram action.

News  ·  21 July 2020
Regulation

Mapping the Future of the SEC (There’s a Nonzero Chance Hester Peirce Takes Over)

The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2020
SEC

SEC ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce Tapped for Second Term at US Regulator

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has reportedly been nominated to another five-year term at the agency.

News  ·  3 June 2020
CFTC

Crypto Advocate Brian Quintenz Will Step Down From CFTC Role by October

CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz, who sponsored the Technology Advisory Committee and advocated for self regulation in the crypto industry, will leave his post by late October.

News  ·  28 April 2020