Privacy emerges as the defining regulatory fault line at SEC crypto roundtable
Regulators and industry voices examine how far financial oversight should extend as digital asset markets mature
Earlier this week the SEC’s Crypto Task Force held its sixth roundtable, addressing what chairman Paul Atkins described as one of the most consequential questions for the digital age: whether US citizens ‘can participate in modern finance without surrendering their privacy.’
The event brought together regulators, privacy advocates, industry participants and observers in a wide-ranging discussion about how financial surveillance and individual privacy should coexist in an increasingly blockchain-driven world.
In his opening remarks, Atkins said the federal government has a duty to protect national security and deter…
