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Decrypting the dialogue – the SEC’s statements during crypto roundtables

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Roundtables on tokenization, custody, DeFi, trading, and classification offered early indicators of regulatory intent.

Over the course of five high-profile roundtables this spring, the SEC’s newly energized Crypto Task Force gathered commissioners, staff, and market participants to confront some of the most pressing and polarizing questions in digital asset regulation: from token classification to DeFi oversight.

While the sessions marked a rhetorical shift