Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will embark on a "tour" this fall, visiting 10 cities across the United States to lead the agency's newly launched cryptocurrency outreach program. The SEC announced last Friday that it will hold a series of roundtable meetings aimed at broadly soliciting input from industry stakeholders, developers, and investors before formulating future regulatory rules for digital assets.
"The cryptocurrency special task force is acutely aware that any regulatory framework will have far-reaching implications, so we want to ensure that our outreach is as comprehensive as possible," Peirce stated in a release.
The task force "especially hopes" to engage with cryptocurrency startups that have been established for less than two years and have no more than 10 employees. The roundtable meetings will take place from August to December.
The SEC has already attracted active participation from both crypto and traditional financial institutions, including a16z Crypto and asset management giant BlackRock, in several roundtable discussions held in 2025. Previous meeting topics have covered key areas such as cryptocurrency asset regulation, custody, asset tokenization, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Established in 1934, the SEC is responsible for overseeing and enforcing U.S. securities laws. Although the agency has had a tense relationship with the crypto industry in the past, its regulatory stance has changed significantly since President Trump took office. Previous enforcement actions against well-known companies like Coinbase, Uniswap, and Kraken have been withdrawn, and the SEC now appears willing to engage in open dialogue with various industry parties.
It is currently unclear whether the SEC has conducted similar outreach efforts in the past, and the budget for this tour project remains unknown. The SEC's operating funds are allocated by the U.S. Congress. Cointelegraph has sought comment from the SEC on this matter but has not received a response as of publication.
The SEC's recent series of initiatives comes just months after former President Trump vowed to make the U.S. the "global crypto capital."
On July 18, Trump signed the "Stablecoin Unified National Regulation and Innovation Act" (GENIUS Act), establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins and their issuers, a move seen as a significant victory for the crypto industry. Meanwhile, the "CLARITY Act," a bill concerning market structure, has passed the House of Representatives, and the Senate is also reviewing similar legislation on crypto market structure.
Other federal agencies are also following the policy direction set by the Trump administration. In June, the Federal Reserve eliminated the "reputational risk" classification for crypto companies—previously criticized as a tool to suppress crypto businesses; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has also relaxed restrictions on banks collaborating with the crypto industry.
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