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Hester Peirce
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Hester Peirce
@HesterPeirce
SEC Commissioner since 1/2018. My tweets may not reflect the views of the SEC or any other SEC Commissioner. No direct messages, but [email protected]
Washington, D.C.
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Jan 23, 2025
    Bye, bye SAB 121! It's not been fun: SEC.gov | Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122
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    Aug 11, 2025
    Last week, the SEC's case against Ripple was finally laid to rest. A welcome development for many reasons, including that minds once occupied with litigation now can concentrate on creating a clear regulatory framework for crypto: sec.gov/enforcement-li…
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    Hester Peirce
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    May 3, 2022
    Replying to @SECGov
    The SEC is a regulatory agency with an enforcement division, not an enforcement agency. Why are we leading with enforcement in crypto?
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Oct 12, 2021
    If government wants to bring law to crypto, it should behave lawfully:
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    Lawless in Austin
    Lawless in Austin Remarks before the Texas Blockchain Summit Commissioner Hester M. Peirce October 8, 2021
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Jul 26, 2018
    Apparently, bitcoin is not ripe enough, respectable enough, or regulated enough to be worthy of our markets. I dissent:
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    Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release No. 34-83723; File No. SR-BatsBZX-2016-30
    Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release No. 34-83723; File No. SR-BatsBZX-2016-30, July 26, 2018
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Jan 10, 2024
    It's out:
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    Out, Damned Spot! Out, I Say!: Statement on Omnibus Approval Order for List and Trade Bitcoin-Based...
    Out, Damned Spot! Out, I Say! : Statement on Omnibus Approval Order for List and Trade Bitcoin-Based Commodity-Based Trust Shares and Trust Units Commissioner Hester M. Peirce January 10, 2024
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Feb 9, 2023
    My thoughts on today's Kraken settlement:
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    Kraken Down: Statement on SEC v. Payward Ventures, Inc., et al.
    Kraken Down Commissioner Hester M. Peirce February 9, 2023
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Dec 4, 2024
    We have a lot of work to do at the SEC to advance free markets, capital formation, investor choice, and innovation. I'm delighted that Paul Atkins will be returning to lead the effort. Having worked for him during his last stint at the agency, I cannot think of a better person
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Jan 28, 2022
    The string of bitcoin spot ETP denials has continued into 2022. The rationale underlying them doesn't get any better with time.
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Sep 9, 2021
    As regulators seek to protect investors from fraud and get them good disclosures, we ought also to respect investors' right to make decisions for themselves, experiment, and use the latest technology to trade and invest:
    sec.gov
    Remarks at Meeting of Investor Advisory Committee
    Remarks at Meeting of Investor Advisory Committee September 9, 2021
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Feb 4, 2025
    The crypto Task Force webpage is live. Join us for the drive (toward crypto clarity): sec.gov/about/crypto-t… and sec.gov/newsroom/speec…
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Dec 13, 2021
    The latest regulatory agenda shows that the SEC will be busy in the upcoming months, but it won't be working on the right things:
    sec.gov
    Falling Further Back - Statement on Chair Gensler’s Regulatory Agenda
    Falling Further Back Statement on Chair Gensler’s Regulatory Agenda by Commissioners Hester M. Peirce and Elad L. Roisman
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Jan 20, 2025
    Congratulations to our new Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda:
    President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen
    From whitehouse.gov
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    Hester Peirce
    @HesterPeirce
    Oct 11, 2021
    "Respect for individual liberty is a core American value: People have the presumptive right to make choices that affect themselves and their families, and government should be wary of overriding those choices." cnn.com/2021/10/11/per…
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