SEC’s Cryptoverse Roundtable: When Crypto Meets the Regulator 😎

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Oh, what a time to be alive! 🎉 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the grand overseer of all things financial, has deigned to grace us with the date of their second roundtable on crypto regulation. 🗓️ April 11th, mark your calendars, crypto enthusiasts!

The SEC, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to continue engaging with the crypto community, possibly hoping to find the Holy Grail of digital asset oversight. 🍷 Or perhaps they’re just looking for the perfect meme to tweet. Who knows?

REMINDER: Our second roundtable on crypto regulation is next week (4/11).

Registration req’d for in-person attendance. No registration req’d to view the webcast on .

See registration details, agenda, panelists, and more 👉

— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) April 4, 2025

And let’s not forget, this isn’t their first rodeo. Last month, the SEC’s Crypto Task Force gathered the wise and the weary for a day of discussions on digital assets. 🐏 They even invited some experts to share their thoughts on how securities laws could apply to crypto, you know, in case anyone was interested.

Commissioner Hester Peirce, the leader of this merry band of regulators, is tasked with creating rules for the wild west of crypto. 🤠 Will she tame the beast, or will she join the ranks of the crypto cowboys? Only time will tell.

The crypto industry has been playing a game of cat and mouse with regulators, arguing that cryptocurrencies are more like commodities than securities. 🐱🐭 If tokens are deemed securities, companies would have to register with the SEC and disclose secrets to investors. 🤫

Recent developments

In other news, Paul Atkins, the SEC chairman nominee, got a thumbs up from the United States Senate Banking Committee. 🙌 The committee voted 13-11 in favor of his appointment, proving that politics can still surprise us.

The SEC seems to be in a forgiving mood lately, dropping enforcement actions against several crypto companies. Coinbase, Kraken, Consensys, and Cumberland can breathe a sigh of relief. 🥳 Even Robinhood, Uniswap, and OpenSea escaped the SEC’s wrath.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the SEC is backing down from its legal battle against the company. 🙅‍♂️ It’s unclear if Ripple promised to bake cookies for the SEC or if they just had a change of heart.

Lastly, the SEC informed a federal judge in New York that they’re considering a “potential resolution” with the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. 🤝 Will peace reign in the cryptoverse? Stay tuned for the next episode of “Regulators vs. Crypto: Who Will Win?”

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2025-04-04 18:31