scorecard

You Searched For "sec commissioner hester peirce" and got 20 results


Sort By:


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says it's a shame regulators aren't 'taking up the mantle' to provide rule on digital currencies

It's "disconcerting" the agency has yet to provide regulations on the space, Peirce told Yahoo Fina…

Natasha Dailey   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce worries that stricter rules by US officials will hurt the crypto market

'Gamification is not necessarily a bad thing," SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said about retail tra…

Carla Mozée   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Crypto regulation needs to allow for 'trial and error' in the market and account for variations between stablecoins, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says

"With experimentation ... we need to allow room for there to be failure as well because that obviou…

Carla Mozée   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

'Crypto mom' Hester Peirce scoffed at the idea of adding a new watchdog for digital assets

Last month, Coinbase proposed the government should designate "a single federal regulator" to overs…

Natasha Dailey   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

House Republican tells Gary Gensler to back off crypto, saying the 'vast majority' of coins are not in the SEC's purview

The co-chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus also differs from Gensler's view that most cryp…

Ethan Wu   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

A bill proposed by a Republican lawmaker would give crypto developers legal protection to raise money through token sales

The Clarity for Digital Tokens Act of 2021 from Rep. Patrick McHenry supports a 'safe-harbor' propo…

Carla Mozée   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

A crypto exchange just agreed to pay $10 million to settle an SEC probe claiming it failed to register

Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has often publicly criticized SEC rulings, argued that the agency h…

Ethan Wu   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

The SEC's 'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce says selling fractionalized NFTs could be illegal

NFT issuers must be careful not to accidentally create securities, 'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce said.…

Sophie Kiderlin   


Shalini Nagarajan   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

SEC crypto commissioner admits the agency's refusal to approve a bitcoin ETF has dug them into a 'little bit of a hole'

"We've dug ourselves into a little bit of a hole," Hester Pierce said in an interview. "A lot of pe…

Isabelle Lee   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

The SEC is taking aim at SPACs with proposed rules to make disclosures more like those in a traditional IPO

The watchdog's proposal calls for more disclosures around conflicts of interest between sponsors an…

Shalini Nagarajan   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

The SEC will tackle bad actors in crypto and needs to be prepared to fight cases against them, Chair Gensler said

Chairman Gary Gensler said the SEC needs to be ready to fight legal crypto cases and that regulatio…

Sophie Kiderlin   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Gary Gensler says the SEC won't bring in a China-style crypto ban, but Congress could

"Many of these tokens do meet the tests of being an investment contract or a note or some other for…

Shalini Nagarajan   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Crypto firms are rushing to hire former regulators as federal agencies look to tame the 'Wild West' industry

Binance's high-profile hires have come in response to a rapidly mounting regulatory crackdown on th…

Ethan Wu   


Zahra Tayeb   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

The SEC slapped a JPMorgan subsidiary with a $2.8 million fine for operating as an unregistered broker-dealer

Neovest continued to do business as a broker dealer even after it deregistered its business followi…

Ethan Wu   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Billionaire Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital is the 9th firm to apply for a bitcoin ETF

Billionaire Mike Novogratz recently said he expects bitcoin to overtake gold's market value as more…

Shalini Nagarajan   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

The SEC's 'crypto mom' says it would be foolish for the US government to ban bitcoin since people can't be stopped from trading in it

Peirce said she wasn't sure whether a bitcoin ETF would be approved just yet since the SEC is in a …

Shalini Nagarajan   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

The SEC won't play ball on bitcoin ETFs. Here's how Franklin Templeton and others are launching funds with crypto and blockchain twists.

Only investors with over $100 million in assets can buy VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust shares. If the …

Meghan Morris   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Wells Fargo is experiencing an exodus of mortgage bankers. Insiders explain why.

Wells Fargo is dealing with significant departures among its top mortgage bankers. Insiders detail …

Dan DeFrancesco,Jordan Parker…