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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on BitMEX, DeFi and a Token Safe Harbor - Ep.194

Unchained

Laura Shin

Business News, News, Tech News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hester Peirce, AKA “Crypto Mom,” was just confirmed to a second term as SEC Commissioner of the Securities Exchange Commission in August. In this episode, she talks about: the reasons for her dissent in the Unikrn Settlement and what she believes would have been a proper penalty the current status of her token safe harbor proposal her thoughts on fair launch projects as opposed to traditional VC-backed tokens her view on how the SEC should view airdrops her thoughts on whether existing securities laws could be tweaked as opposed to implementing a safe harbor whether she thinks DeFi governance tokens should be considered securities her thoughts on DeFi playing its own regulatory role her thoughts on the Securities Clarity Act introduced in Congress the chances of a Bitcoin ETF being approved by the SEC in the future the charges against BitMEX and the effect it may have on the industry in general stablecoins, and how they might raise securities issues and whether she thinks that all securities could one day be tokenized Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Hester Peirce: https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce SEC: https://www.sec.gov   Her dissent on the Unikrn settelement: https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-statement-settlement-charging-token-issuer   Unconfirmed interview on her safe harbor proposal: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sec-commissioner-hester-peirce-on-her-safe-harbor-proposal/ Her token safe harbor proposal: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-remarks-blockress-2020-02-06   Unchained interview with Cmr. Peirce: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sec-commissioner-hester-peirce-come-talk-to-the-sec/   Proposal in The Block on ways to amend existing securities law instead of issuing a token safe harbor: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/57207/case-for-reg-a-response-commissioner-peirce-sec-token   Is UNI a security: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/78231/uniswap-token-security-debate   FCA banning crypto derivatives and ETNs: https://www.coindesk.com/fca-bans-sale-of-cryptoderivatives-to-retail-consumers-in-uk https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/79911/uk-regulator-fca-bans-crypto-derivatives-retail-users   Securities Clarity Act: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/78231/uniswap-token-security-debate   Statement on ATS’s: https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mr-noaction/2020/finra-ats-role-in-settlement-of-digital-asset-security-trades-09252020.pdf   SEC chairman Jay Clayton says all stocks could be tokenized: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/79783/all-stocks-tokenized-sec-chairman-clayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Cryptopians is out now. It contains a new afterward covering recent

0:06.5

developments in crypto since 2021 when the book went to press. Plus this

0:11.2

version names the person I suspect to be the Dow hacker.

0:14.0

In case you never got to read the book in hardback, or, like me, you like to read

0:18.5

paperbacks or bedtime reading, order today. Check our newsletter and the show notes for the link, or just search for it at any of your favorite bookstores.

0:26.0

It's The Cryptopians.

0:28.0

Idealism, greed, lies, and the making of the first big cryptocurrency craze.

0:32.0

Thanks for reading.

0:34.0

Hi everyone, this is a fireside chat I did with SEC Commissioner Hester Perce

0:41.0

for the LA blockchain summit last week.

0:44.0

She and I dived into some of the mediest issues regarding securities regulation of crypto

0:48.4

and cover topics such as her dissent in the SEC settlement with crypto company

0:51.9

Unicorn, the status of Rotogan Safe Harbor proposal

0:55.4

from the beginning of this year, her views on how securities law applies to Defi, and the recently

1:01.2

introduced securities clarity act in Congress, among other issues.

1:06.0

As usual, Commissioner Purs, aka Kryptomombe, was thoughtful and knowledgeable about the intersection of securities regulation and crypto.

1:14.8

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

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1:37.0

Hi everyone welcome to this fireside chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Perce

1:42.0

aka cryptoam.

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