SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasized a new beginning for crypto regulation, aiming for clarity and collaboration with the crypto industry

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The securities regulator is ready "to seek earnestly to find a workable framework," Peirce said at the agency's first crypto-focused roundtable on Friday. "I think we're ready for the spring ahead," she said, referring to the title of the day's event, the "Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity." The task, according to Peirce: "Can we translate the characteristics of a security into a simple taxonomy that will cover the many different types of crypto assets that exist today and may exist in the future?"

Acting Chair Mark Uyeda tapped fellow Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce to lead the task force. The SEC has a new beginning and a "restart of the Commission’s approach to crypto regulation," Peirce said on Friday.