The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has announced it will host a public roundtable dedicated to financial surveillance and privacy. This important event is scheduled for Friday, October 17, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the SEC headquarters.
This initiative follows a series of previous engagements, including the "Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity" roundtables, the President’s Executive Order on Digital Assets, and the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets report. Commissioner Hester M. Peirce directed the Crypto Task Force to undertake additional measures to foster United States leadership in digital assets and financial technology, while simultaneously safeguarding economic liberty. The upcoming roundtable will convene panelists at the forefront of developing technologies designed to protect individual privacy, facilitating an in-depth discussion on policy matters related to financial surveillance.
Commissioner Peirce underscored the critical importance of privacy-enhancing technology in a statement. "Technology that helps Americans protect their privacy is critically important as it enables people to choose when and with whom to share sensitive data about themselves so they can be protected from bad actors,” she remarked. She further added, “Understanding recent developments in privacy-protecting tools will assist the SEC and other financial regulators as we work on policy solutions in the crypto space.”
The roundtable, open to the public, will be held at the SEC headquarters, located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. In-person attendance requires prior registration, and visitors will be subject to security checks. For broader access, the discussion will be streamed live on SEC.gov, with a recording made available at a later date. Information regarding the agenda and specific speakers will be posted on the Crypto Task Force webpage in the coming weeks. Preceding this event, Commissioner Peirce is also slated to speak at both DC Fintech Week and the DC Privacy Summit.
The Crypto Task Force itself was established on January 21 under the leadership of then-Acting SEC Chairman Mark T. Uyeda. Its foundational mission is to assist the Commission in drawing clear regulatory lines, providing realistic pathways to registration, crafting sensible disclosure frameworks, and deploying enforcement resources judiciously. The public is encouraged to communicate directly with the Crypto Task Force on this and other pertinent topics, and opportunities exist to request meetings.