SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has a reputation in the industry for being more supportive of crypto than her peers. After a rough year for the industry, Peirce weighs in on whether the agency was right in recently naming several crypto tokens as securities, the state of the current regulatory framework, and the slow pace of change. “All I can say is that I’ve been at the agency for over five years, and it’s very frustrating to me that in that time we haven’t done something more productive,” Peirce tells Unchained.
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Why Many Democrats, Including the White House, Have Come Around on Crypto - Ep. 652
Senator Cynthia Lummis on Why Crypto Now Has Bipartisan Support in Congress - Ep. 651
The Chopping Block: Response to SAB-121, ETH ETF, & More - Ep. 650
Bits + Bips: Is US Politics Driving the ETH ETF Approval? - Ep. 649
Why Spot Ether ETFs Are Now Likely to Be Approved on Thursday - Ep. 648
Why the DOJ Doesn’t Want These MEV Exploiters to Get Away With It - Ep. 647
The Chopping Block: Crypto in US Politics & Roaring Kitty is back! - Ep. 646
Erik Voorhees' New Venture: Why AI Desperately Needs Privacy and Uncensorability - Ep. 645
The Chopping Block: EigenLayer Airdrop, LayerZero's Sybil Strategy, and Robinhood vs. SEC – What’s Shaping Crypto’s Future? - Ep. 644
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Bits + Bips: Does Macroeconomics Point to a Potential Crypto Supercycle? - Ep. 642
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Why EigenLayer Gave Away More Tokens After Widespread Criticism of Its Stakedrop - Ep. 640
The Chopping Block: EigenLayer Airdrop Fallout, Shkreli vs. Io.net, and CZ's Sentencing - Ep. 639
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Consensys’s Lawsuit Against The SEC: Will It End Gensler's ‘Unlawful Power Grab’? - Ep. 637
The Chopping Block: Uniswap's SEC Scrutiny, Token2049 Flood Catastrophe, and Bitcoin's Halving Impact - Ep. 636
The US vs. Crypto: Jake Chervinsky on Crypto's Legal and Regulatory Status - Ep. 635
After the Bitcoin Halving, Will the Runes Protocol Live Up to the Hype? - Ep. 634
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