Crypto’s Biggest Critic Gone: SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Exits, Leaving All-Republican Panel
Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, one of the agency’s most vocal critics of the cryptocurrency industry, will step down from her post on January 3, leaving the regulatory body with an all-Republican panel poised to dramatically reshape digital asset oversight in the United States.
The departure, announced Thursday by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and fellow Republican commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda, marks the end of more than a decade of service at the agency for Crenshaw, who became a lightning rod for the crypto industry over her consistent opposition to digital asset approvals and her fierce defense of aggressive enforcement actions.
With Crenshaw’s exit, the SEC’s five-member commission now…
