SEC Cryptocurrency Working Group to Hold 10 Roundtable Meetings Across the United States

BlockBeats News, August 2 — Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will embark on a ten-city tour this fall as part of the SEC’s newly launched public engagement initiative on cryptocurrency. The regulator announced on Friday that it will host a series of roundtable meetings aimed at soliciting feedback from industry stakeholders, developers, and investors on new digital asset regulations under consideration.

“The Crypto Working Group is acutely aware that any regulatory framework will have far-reaching consequences, and we want to ensure our public engagement is as comprehensive as possible,” Peirce said in a statement. The agency’s Crypto Working Group is “particularly interested” in meeting with crypto startups that have been established for less than two years and have no more than ten employees. These roundtable discussions will take place from August to December.

Many of the SEC’s roundtable meetings in 2025 have received feedback from crypto institutions such as a16z Crypto and traditional asset management firms like BlackRock. In previous roundtable discussions, the Crypto Working Group has explored topics including cryptocurrency regulation, custody, tokenization, and decentralized finance.