SEC Commissioner Calls for ‘Consistent Legal Framework’ for All Asset Classes, Including Crypto
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A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for “a coherent and consistent legal framework that works across all asset classes,” including crypto assets. She warned that the SEC’s current enforcement-centric approach would take 400 years to go through all the crypto tokens that are allegedly securities. SEC’s Commissioner on Crypto Regulation A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hester Peirce, talked about crypto regulation in her speech at the “Digital Assets at Duke” conference on Jan. 20. Noting that the securities regulator has “pursued registration violations in a seemingly random fashion, often
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Hester Peirce has called for more enduring crypto regulations, urging lawmakers and regulators to establish clearer rules that remain consistent across different administrations. Speaking at the DC Blockchain Summit on March 26, Peirce emphasized the need for regulatory durability through formal rulemaking and congressional…
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Key Highlights Ripple, Ripple Prime (formerly Hidden Road), and law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP met the SEC Crypto Task Force on March 20, 2026, to discuss the regulation of crypto assets under existing broker-dealer rules. The agenda focused on aligning stablecoin treatment under net capital (Rule 15c3-1) and customer…