“We need to harmonize basic requirements for these smart contracts” to ensure interoperability, legal certainty and large scale deployment, said Breton, the commission’s lead official responsible for ...
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AAC Commissioner Is Right-It’s Time To Drop The “Power 5” Label
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco speaks during a press conference before an … [+] NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron ...
SEC Commissioner Wants Stablecoin Regulations Postponed
SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce has urged authorities to refer stablecoin rules to Congress as the discussion over cryptocurrency laws continues. Several people are surprised by this since they thought...
Commissioner Peirce on the SEC’s ‘unimaginative’ approach to regulation
Policy • February 20, 2023, 5:00AM EST Episode 13 of Season 5 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Listen below, and subsc...
Here’s what we learned from the IRS Commissioner hearing
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s nominee ...
Commissioner Peirce breaks with SEC over Kraken enforcement
Commissioner Peirce published a statement on Thursday explaining her opposition to the SEC’s shutting down of Kraken’s staking program. Longest serving commissioner Hester Peirce is one of the current...
SEC Commissioner Blasts ‘Paternalistic and Lazy’ SEC
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce lashed out at her own agency on Thursday over its decision to slap Kraken with two charges — forcing the crypto exchange to shutter its staking operations. Kraken ...
SEC Commissioner Peirce Disagree With The SEC’s Assertion
SEC Commissioner yesterday issued a public dissent to her agency’s enforcement action against crypto exchange Kraken. She wrote in a statement that she does not agree with the SEC’s assertion that the...
SEC Commissioner Peirce: Kraken Staking Action Not a ‘Fair Way of Regulating’
Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its enforcement action against Kraken, forcing the crypto exchange to shut down its staking service in the U.S. and pay a $30 million fine. ...
‘Kraken Down’ — SEC commissioner rebukes own agency over recent action
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce has publicly rebuked her own agency over the shutdown of crypto exchange Kraken’s crypto staking program in the United...
“Paternalistic and Lazy”: SEC Commissioner Blasts Agency Crackdown on Kraken
Key Takeaways The SEC is forcing Kraken to shut down its staking services in the United States, claiming the platform failed to properly register the program. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce disagrees ...
SEC commissioner breaks with SEC, Gensler on crypto regulation
Hester Peirce, commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty...
SEC Commissioner Says Her Colleagues Performed a “Shorthand Analysis” of XRP
Hester Peirce admitted that her colleagues focused on XRP instead of the conditions surrounding the token’s sales. In a recent tweet, XRP-Pro attorney John Deaton knocked the SEC for arguing that XRP ...
SEC commissioner admits to dishonest XRP evaluation
In a recent Twitter statement, John Deaton disclosed that SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce revealed that her U.S. SEC counterparts were deceptive about the Howey Test for XRP. Deaton asserted that the S...
SEC Commissioner Admits To Dishonest Evaluation Of XRP’s Howey Test
John Deaton, through his Twitter account, reported that SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has acknowledged that her colleagues at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were misleading with rega...
SEC Commissioner Calls for ‘Consistent Legal Framework’ for All Asset Classes, Including Crypto – Regulation Bitcoin News
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 warne...
SEC Commissioner Reminds Industry Experts “What Crypto Is Really About” As Market Rebounds ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Hester Pierce reiterates the aim of Web 3 and blockchain as she addressed industry experts in the wake of a potential bull run. The SEC commissioner...
SEC Commissioner Shared Her Thoughts on Crypto
Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner, shared a tweet in which she shared her thoughts on crypto. She highlighted major happenings of the crypto market in the last year. On January 20th, 2023, Hester Peirce...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Regulating DeFi Not Practical, Presents Many Challenges to Regulators
A high-ranking pro-Bitcoin (BTC) official from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says regulating decentralized finance (DeFi) is “impractical.” In a new speech at a Duke University Dig...
SEC Commissioner Says Regulator’s Current Approach Will Take 400 Years to go Through Cryptos it Alleges Are Securities
SEC Commissioner Explains Why the Regulator Has Not Created Crypto Rules. According to Peirce, the regulator’s current approach will take 400 years to go through all the cryptocurrencies it alleges ar...
SEC commissioner reiterates ‘the point of crypto’ as market aims for recovery
Hester Peirce, a commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that after a terrible year, industry players need to remember what crypto is really about. In a speech at the Digita...
SEC Commissioner Makes Controversial Case For ETH, XRP, Faults Howey’s Test ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     SEC’s Commissioner Hester Pierce points out loopholes in the popular Howey’s test used to classify assets as securities. Disgruntled with the back an...
FTX VCs liable to ‘serious questions’ around due diligence — CFTC Commissioner
Amid ongoing investigations around the defunct crypto exchange FTX, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) questions the due diligence conducted by institutional investors and their accountab...
CFTC commissioner questions FTX institutional investors’ due diligence
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, Christy Goldsmith Romero, has questioned the diligence of FTX’s Venture Capitals, given that they did not provide any oversight even with ...
CFTC Commissioner Questions VCs’ Due Diligence
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raises questions regarding the level of due diligence carried out by institutional investors and their level of accountability regarding the loss of user fu...
CFTC commissioner asks Senate not to permit exchange self-certification
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has asked the U.S. Senate to tighten a piece of crypto regulation, according to a Jan. 18 report from the Wall Street Journal. Commissioner warns against sel...
CFTC Commissioner Wants Industry Standard Regulation For Crypto
CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham has called for global industry standards in crypto regulation. She has called on regulatory agencies to provide better clarity and guidance to the crypto industry in 20...
Know what CFTC Commissioner said about Global Crypto Regulations
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Caroline Pham gave an interview to Bloomberg on January 17. Commissioner Pham met with many international regulators to talk about the im...
CFTC Commissioner advocates standard regulation for crypto industry: Is the era of DEXs over?
The U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reportedly looking to implement global industry standards in crypto regulation. CFTC Commissioner Carline Pham has indicated that she was ...
CFTC commissioner calls for global industry standards in crypto regulation
Caroline Pham, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, has recently called on regulators to provide clearer guidance on crypto assets in 2023. In an interview with Bloomberg, Ph...