: She advocates for the SEC staff to consider how "blocking [technologies] could harm investors" just as much as how the technologies themselves might.
Peirce often highlights that the SEC's job is not to judge the quality of a product, but to ensure . She has proposed initiatives like regulatory sandboxes to allow firms to test new technologies in a controlled environment without fear of immediate legal action. Commissioner Peirce wants to see the SEC…
: Leading the SEC Crypto Task Force , she aims to establish a workable taxonomy that identifies which digital assets are not securities, allowing them to trade more freely under temporary disclosure frameworks. : She advocates for the SEC staff to
Commissioner Hester Peirce has consistently voiced a vision for an SEC that is a rather than an "enforcement-first" agency. In her view, the Commission should move away from what she calls "regulation by enforcement" and toward a model of "crypto clarity" and merit-neutral oversight . A Vision for 2026 and Beyond : Leading the SEC Crypto Task Force ,