Top Crypto Leaders to Attend SEC Roundtable on Trading Regulations

Highlights:

• Executives from Uniswap, Coinbase, and Cumberland DRW will participate in the SEC’s upcoming roundtable.
• The roundtable will focus on shaping crypto trading regulations.
• The SEC’s “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity” aims to tackle key regulatory challenges in the crypto space.

Top executives from several U.S. crypto and financial companies will join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s upcoming roundtable on crypto trading regulations. On April 7, the SEC revealed that its upcoming roundtable on April 11 will focus on developing regulations for crypto trading, titled “Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading.”

SEC announces agenda and panelists for roundtable on crypto trading: https://t.co/RDQyWDlE8o pic.twitter.com/T0ifWIRP3a

— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) April 7, 2025

Crypto Leaders Join SEC Roundtable for Regulatory Clarity

Key industry leaders will take part in the talks, including Uniswap’s legal chief, Katherine Minarik, Cumberland DRW’s Chelsea Pizzola, and Coinbase executive Gregory Tusar. These firms represent major voices in the crypto space. The SEC has previously scrutinized all three crypto firms during the Biden administration. The agency dropped cases against Coinbase and Cumberland DRW earlier this year, while it ended the Uniswap Labs probe in February without action.

The roundtable will also include voices from traditional finance and academia, including Jon Herrick of the NYSE, FalconX’s Austin Reid, Richard Johnson from Texture Capital, and Christine Parlour, a finance professor at UC Berkeley. Other confirmed participants are Dave Lauer, co-founder of We the Investors, and Tyler Gellasch, CEO of the Healthy Markets Association. Nicholas Losurdo, a partner at Goodwin Procter, will serve as the session’s moderator.

Acting Chair Mark Uyeda, Crypto Task Force Chief Richard Gabbert, and Commissioners Caroline Crenshaw and Hester Peirce will represent the SEC. This roundtable is the second in the SEC’s five-part series called “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity.” The first session, held on March 21, discussed the legal status of crypto. A session on crypto custody will follow on April 25. The SEC will cover tokenization and on-chain asset transfers on May 12, with the final roundtable on DeFi scheduled for June 6.

💥BREAKING:

SEC CRYPTO TASK FORCE TO HOST 4 ROUNDTABLES BETWEEN APRIL 11-JUNE 6

COVERING REGULATION, CUSTODY, TOKENIZATION, AND DEFI pic.twitter.com/bLI34AmDuh

— Crypto Rover (@rovercrc) March 26, 2025

The event will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. It will begin with an open roundtable, followed by a discussion on regulatory direction. Participants will share their views on how the SEC should approach crypto oversight moving forward.

SEC Revises Crypto Oversight Under President Trump’s Leadership

The SEC, under President Trump, is working to revamp its crypto oversight. It is reviewing staff statements on crypto for potential changes or withdrawals. Uyeda stated on April 5 that, due to Trump’s executive order on deregulation and advice from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he is reviewing seven staff statements. Five of these statements are related to crypto.

Uyeda said:

“The purpose of this review is to identify staff statements that should be modified or rescinded consistent with current agency priorities.” 

The review includes several crypto-related documents. These include a 2019 framework on how crypto sales may qualify as securities under the Howey Test. Also under review are guidelines on Bitcoin futures fund risks and a statement on whether state-chartered banks can serve as qualified custodians.

– Staff Statement on Funds Registered Under the Investment Company Act Investing in Bitcoin Futures Market, available at https://t.co/lhoeGKfnQP

— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) April 5, 2025