Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe US Securities and Exchange Commission will host four more crypto roundtables \u2014 focusing on crypto trading, custody, tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi) \u2014 after hosting its first crypto roundtable on March 21.
\nThe series of roundtables, organized by the SEC\u2019s Crypto Task Force, will kick off with a discussion on tailoring regulation for crypto trading on April 11, the SEC said in a March 25 statement.
\nA roundtable on crypto custody will follow on April 25, with another to discuss tokenization and moving assets onchain on May 12. The fourth roundtable in the series will discuss DeFi on June 6.
\nA series of four crypto roundtable discussions are scheduled from April through to June. Source: SEC\u201cThe 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,\u201d said SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the task force lead.
\nThe specific agenda and speakers for each roundtable have yet to be disclosed, but all are open for the public to watch online or to attend at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
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\nThe agency\u2019s Crypto Task Force was launched on Jan. 21 by acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda. It\u2019s tasked with establishing a workable crypto framework for the agency to use.\u00a0
\nThe task force held its first roundtable on March 21 with a discussion titled \u201cHow We Got Here and How We Get Out \u2014 Defining Security Status.\u201d
\nThe SEC will also be hosting a roundtable about AI’s role in the financial industry on March 27, according to a March 25 release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Join us on March 27 for a roundtable discussion on artificial intelligence in the financial industry. Topics include the risks, benefits, and governance of AI. More details: https:\/\/t.co\/ekX2RWp2KQ pic.twitter.com\/7fH3j1tlwj\u2014 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) March 25, 2025<\/p>\n
The roundtable will discuss the risks, benefits, and governance of AI in the financial industry, with Uyeda, Peirce and fellow SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw slated to speak. Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe US Securities and Exchange Commission will host four more crypto roundtables \u2014 focusing on crypto trading, custody, tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi) \u2014 after hosting its first… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125826"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUnder the Trump administration, the SEC has slowly been walking back its hardline stance toward crypto forged under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
\nThe regulator has dismissed a growing number of enforcement actions against crypto firms it launched under Gensler.
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\nUyeda, who took the reins after Gensler resigned on Jan. 20, flagged plans on March 17 to scrap a rule proposed under the Biden administration that would tighten crypto custody standards for investment advisers.
\nUyeda also said in a March 10 speech that he had asked SEC staff for options to abandon part of proposed changes that would expand regulation of alternative trading systems to include crypto firms, requiring them to register as exchanges.\u00a0
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