SEC’s Hester Peirce Demands Crypto Clarity at Bitcoin 2025: ’Stop Regulating by Enforcement’
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce—dubbed ’Crypto Mom’ for her pro-innovation stance—took center stage at Bitcoin 2025 with a blistering critique of U.S. crypto regulation.
’We’re strangling an industry with ambiguity,’ Peirce declared, calling for Congress to pass clear laws instead of relying on the SEC’s ’regulation by enforcement’ approach.
The crowd roared when she quipped, ’If Wall Street gets ETFs in months while crypto waits years, maybe we’re the real overregulated sector.’
Behind the scenes: Lobbyists whispered this could finally break the deadlock—or just give lawmakers another excuse to ’study the issue’ until Bitcoin’s next halving.