The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force will host four public roundtables over the next three months to discuss key issues in cryptocurrency regulation.
The SEC announced on its official website on Mar. 25 that these sessions, which will take place from April to June, will focus on important topics such as asset custody, tokenization, decentralized finance, and crypto trading regulations. This initiative is part of the SEC’s effort to create clearer rules for the industry.
The SEC Crypto Task Force has been working to strike a balance between investor protection and innovation since its launch in January. The roundtables will bring together experts in the fields of law, finance, and cryptocurrency to discuss how current regulations apply to digital assets and where new ones might be required,
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has been a vocal advocate for thoughtful crypto regulation, stressed the importance of these discussions.
“The Crypto Task Force roundtables are an opportunity for us to hear a lively discussion among experts about what the regulatory issues are and what the Commission can do to solve them,”
— Hester Pierce, SEC commisioner and leader of the Crypto Task Force
The discussions will take place at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and will be livestreamed on SEC.gov. In-person attendees will need to register, while virtual participants can watch without signing up. Recordings of each session will be available for those who miss the live events.
The task force has already begun reviewing whether certain tokens should be classified as securities and how digital assets align with current financial regulations. For a long time, the SEC’s stance on crypto has been a subject of debate, but Trump’s pro-crypto administration is pushing for a more welcoming regulatory environment.
Since the start of the year, the agency has dropped its previous investigations into several major crypto firms, including OpenSea, Uniswap (UNI), Immutable (IMX) Robinhood, and Gemini. This shift suggests that the SEC may be changing its regulatory approach from broad enforcement actions to a more regulated framework.
