According to Reuters, three people familiar with the matter said that top Republican officials at the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are preparing to begin reforming the agency's cryptocurrency policy as early as next week after Trump takes office. According to two of the people familiar with the matter, the measures being considered by Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda include initiating procedures to finalize guidance or rules on when the agency considers cryptocurrencies to be securities and reviewing a number of cryptocurrency enforcement cases pending in the courts.