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Adrienne Gurley outlines what she believes will be key near-term priorities for the securities regulator

One ex-SEC senior counsel doesn’t “expect an overnight response to this, [but] rather a slow rollout of approvals”

Leader of incoming crypto task force SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce revealed SAB 121 will be no more

A Nova Labs exec referred to the last-day lawsuit “as irresponsible as it is wrong-headed”

Some have called it “a relief” that the task force will be led by the crypto-friendly Hester Peirce

The new task force shows that crypto’s officially entering a new era

With his inauguration days away, let’s review some of his vows regarding tariffs and SEC guidance

Canary CEO Steven McClurg has “a high level of confidence” there’ll be more spot crypto ETFs in the US market this year

Ripple’s CLO noted the SEC’s brief is nothing but “a rehash of already failed arguments”

Haynes Boone’s Arie Heijkoop suggests the decision may help force regulatory clarity around crypto

Despite the court not forcing SEC rulemaking at this time, Coinbase execs count the latest opinion as another victory

The Second Circuit will now consider how and if crypto assets should be subject to securities laws

Haynes Boone partner Matthew Frankle thinks that we could see some crypto lawsuits dropped as Gary Gensler’s era ends

For one, who will be the biggest new adopters of existing BTC and ETH offerings?

2024 brought the Bitboy vs. Ansem fight, the SEC getting hacked and memecoin rallies that shouldn’t have happened

Volatility Shares’ new Solana futures ETF filing comes with a catch

“We have a big toolkit,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said earlier this month

In the meantime, Trump will name either Commissioner Hester Peirce or Mark Uyeda as acting chair

Rep. French Hill was nominated to chair the House Financial Services Committee

If the Senate does not confirm SEC Comm’r Caroline Crenshaw by the end of the session, Trump will be able to nominate a Republican in her place

Some have called Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw even more anti-crypto than Gensler

Crypto is “really exciting,” former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins said in a podcast interview last year

Certain senators will be interested to learn about Atkins’s private sector business interests, specifically those related to crypto

A three-month stopgap, for better or for worse, is probably what is going to happen