DEX in the City: How the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Is Rebuilding Trust with Builders

Will SEC guidance stick around if the administration changes? Commissioner Peirce and Sumeera Younis of the Crypto Task Force answer. Thanks to our sponsors! * Citrea — Bitcoin changed how money works. Citrea changes how Bitcoin scales. Trust-minimized BTC on a fully programmable platform with native stablecoin CTUSD. Get started at citrea.xyz/unchained * Ether.fi — 15% cash back on groceries, restaurants, and rideshares. 3% on everything else. Borrow against holdings at 4% or less. Earn up to 8% APY. Go to ether.fi/unchained. * Multichain Advisors — Emerging technology growth firm with $50B+ in enterprise value created for 80+ clients. TGEs, go-to-market, BD, capital markets advisory, and more. Visit multichainadv.com. The SEC’s Crypto Task Force has spent over a year rebuilding a relationship the industry feared was broken for good. Commissioner Hester Peirce and task force Chief of Operations Sumeera Younis explain how the SEC prioritizes crypto policy questions, why tokenization leads the agenda, and what happens to this guidance when the administration changes. They tackle the gap between large players shaping policy and small builders who want clear instructions, reveal how the SEC and CFTC coordinate to prevent jurisdictional conflicts, and argue that smart contracts and AI could reinvent securities disclosure. Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel at StarkWare. Previously held senior legal roles across DeFi and centralized exchanges. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jessi Brooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TuongVy Le⁠, General Counsel at Veda Guests: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Commissioner Hester Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations, SEC Crypto Task Force Timestamps 🏛️ 0:00 Introduction 📋 02:49 What Cmr. Peirce and Younis do daily at the crypto task force ⚖️ 07:48 How roundtables shape SEC guidance 👥 11:07 Why, according to Cmr. Peirce, small builders struggle most 🔗 17:09 Whether small teams get the same access as big players 📝 27:32 What good disclosure looks like for tokens, per Younis 🤝 35:17 How the SEC-CFTC MOU prevents regulatory whiplash 🔐 41:32 Whether guidance can survive administrations, per Cmr. Peirce 💭 46:23 What legacies Peirce and Younis leave at the SEC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices