SEC Sets Agenda for Crypto Privacy Roundtable Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finalized the agenda for its December 15 roundtable on financial surveillance and cryptocurrency privacy. The event, led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, will explore the intersection of crypto technologies like zero-knowledge proofs and mixers with existing compliance frameworks. Tensions are high following recent enforcement actions against privacy tools such as Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet.

Industry participants, including ONDO Finance, are pushing for clearer tokenization rules as regulators grapple with the rapid evolution of privacy-enhancing blockchain technologies. The roundtable will feature divergent perspectives from both policymakers and private sector representatives, underscoring the growing divide between innovation and oversight.

This comes at a critical juncture for decentralized finance, with the SEC facing mounting pressure to define its regulatory approach to non-custodial applications and cross-chain privacy solutions. The public forum may signal whether the agency plans to take a more nuanced stance toward financial privacy in digital asset markets.