SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, widely known in the digital asset industry as “Crypto Mom,” said she will leave the agency in November and join Regent University School of Law as an associate professor.
Summary
- Peirce said she will leave the SEC in November and join Regent Law as professor.
- Her exit comes as the SEC weighs crypto rules, tokenization and a narrow innovation exemption.
- The SEC will have only Paul Atkins and Mark Uyeda as active commissioners after departure.
Peirce confirmed the plan during an appearance on The Rollup podcast, saying she will be “moving to the beach” after nearly three decades in Washington, D.C. As previously reported by…
