SEC’s Peirce says agency’s approach to crypto “not a good way of regulating”

Interview with specialist site Decrypt warns the sector is close to losing faith in the regulator.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has labelled the regulator’s approach to crypto “not a good way of regulating” and says it has treated the sector “differently”. As a result, she says, “people have given up on us because we haven’t taken those steps to work in good faith”.

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