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Hester Peirce will lead the SEC's newly established cryptocurrency working group

Mark Uyeda, acting chairperson of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), has established a cryptocurrency task force "dedicated to developing a comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets". Commissioner Hester Peirce will lead the task force. The focus of the task force will be to help the Commission draw clear regulatory boundaries, provide a practical path to registration, develop a reasonable disclosure framework, and deploy enforcement resources wisely.