Peirce Departs SEC Amid Ongoing Crypto Rulemaking Efforts

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is concluding her tenure at the agency on October 2. She became one of the most visible voices inside the SEC on digital-asset regulation and led the agency's Crypto Task Force.

Her departure comes while major crypto rulemakings on custody, token classification, and market structure are still underway. Hester Peirce is leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission with US crypto policy in a very different place from where it stood when she joined the Commission in 2018.

The SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda published a departure statement on October 1 thanking Peirce for her service and highlighting her role in digital-asset policy. Her tenure concludes October 2.