{"id":12886,"date":"2025-02-13T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:02:24","slug":"sec-to-crypto-were-not-enemies-anymore-commissioner-hester-peirce-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=12886","title":{"rendered":"SEC To Crypto: We\u2019re Not Enemies Anymore, Commissioner Hester Peirce Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A new era of cryptocurrency regulations is about to be unveiled as a commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that the agency would move in the opposite direction of its strict oversight policies.<\/p>\n<p>SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said that the regulatory body under the Trump administration would take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-02-11\/sec-s-peirce-says-agency-wants-new-approach-to-crypto-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a more pro-crypto approach<\/a> to digital assets, a shift from the previous enforcement actions taken against cryptocurrency players.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Structured Policies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2025-02-11\/sec-commissioner-on-crypto-regulation-exchanges-etfs-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg Crypto TV interview<\/a>, Peirce said that the regulatory body would be stepping away from an enforcement-centered approach to oversee the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cryptocurrency<\/a> sector, adding that the focus now of the agency is to establish clear guidelines governing crypto tokens.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395284\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?resize=800%2C575\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?w=800 800w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?w=584 584w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?w=120 120w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a_3f23f8.png?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/p>\n<p>The SEC commissioner admitted in a statement that previously, the state regulator has been dependent on enforcement actions to regulate the digital assets industry, noting that the approach veered away from the policy making function of the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the SEC under Trump\u2019s leadership would aim to craft a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=f9658a37-76c7-4601-ab5d-796892d251bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">structured crypto regulation<\/a> framework than taking enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/Q0wRMujY\/\" width=\"1626\" height=\"883\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cDuring the past several years, enforcement cases have been used as a way to make regulatory policy; that is very atypical. We\u2019re trying to get back to a path where we\u2019re really using our other tools to make policy,\u201d Peirce said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>No More Crypto War?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Peirce confirmed that the government has ended its so-called war against cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cWe have been using enforcement cases to set regulatory policy. We\u2019re trying to shift from that so we actually set policy and then we bring enforcement cases as needed,\u201d the SEC Commissioner said in an interview.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She said that the SEC has an ongoing review on which state agency has jurisdiction over cryptos and identifies the regulatory gaps that the US Congress should address.<\/p>\n<p>For several years, there has been an ongoing debate on whether regulating cryptocurrencies is a function of the SEC or should it be the responsibility of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re working on looking at our jurisdiction that we currently have and saying what falls inside that jurisdiction and what falls outside that jurisdiction, then we can point out to Congress where we think there are gaps where maybe something is not covered by our jurisdiction,\u201d she explained.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Crypto Task Force<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reports said that Peirce would be leading a crypto task force under the stewardship of the SEC, adding that the task force\u2019s output would be a clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysts, the SEC task force will evaluate which cryptocurrencies should be classified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/security.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">securities<\/a> and assess the agency\u2019s jurisdiction in the digital assets market.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, US President Donald Trump inked an executive order that will establish an advisory panel on cryptocurrency regulations. Trump is also considering the creation of a national crypto stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>Peirce is a known supporter of the Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and has been against enforcement actions taken by the SEC against digital asset firms.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from SOPA Images, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new era of cryptocurrency regulations is about to be unveiled as a commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that the agency would move in the opposite direction of its strict oversight policies. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said that the regulatory body under the Trump administration would take a more pro-crypto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-12886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}