SEC’s Crypto Task Force Will Host 4 More Industry Roundtables

The roundtable discussions volition see conversations connected tokenization, DeFi and crypto custody.

Mar 25, 2025, 10:50 p.m. UTC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force volition big 4 much roundtable discussions with the manufacture this spring, connected topics ranging from tokenization to decentralized concern (DeFi).

The Crypto Task Force’s archetypal roundtable treatment — the kick-off to what Commissioner Hester Peirce, the task force’s leader, has dubbed the SEC’s “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity” — was held successful Washington, D.C., past Friday. A twelve manufacture lawyers spoke astir issues related to the information presumption of tokens.

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“The Crypto Task Force roundtables are an accidental for america to perceive a lively treatment among experts astir what the regulatory issues are and what the Commission tin bash to lick them,” Peirce said successful a Tuesday announcement.

The roundtable discussions are conscionable 1 illustration of the SEC’s extremist overhaul of its attack to crypto regulation. As the bureau moves distant from the alleged “regulation by enforcement” practiced by erstwhile Chair Gary Gensler, its caller enactment — including Pierce and Acting Chair Mark Uyeda — have signaled a tendency to amended their moving narration with the crypto manufacture and supply clearer regulatory guidelines to manufacture participants.

The adjacent roundtable treatment successful the series, “Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading” is slated for April 11. The pursuing discussions volition screen topics including crypto custody (April 25), tokenization (May 12), and decentralized concern (June 6). Each of the roundtable discussions volition instrumentality spot successful Washington, D.C., and volition besides beryllium livestreamed.

Cheyenne Ligon

On the quality squad astatine CoinDesk, Cheyenne focuses connected crypto regularisation and crime. Cheyenne is primitively from Houston, Texas. She studied governmental subject astatine Tulane University successful Louisiana. In December 2021, she graduated from CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, wherever she focused connected concern and economics reporting. She has nary important crypto holdings.