Cryptocurrency Space Needs Room To Grow: SEC Commissioner

Speaking on the topic of cryptocurrency regulation, U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce says the crypto space requires some leeway for innovation.

SEC Shouldn’t Stifle Cryptocurrency Innovation

Speaking during the Bakkt Digital Asset Conference, ‘crypto mom,’ as Peirce is affectionately dubbed within the industry called on regulators to allow room for digital innovation.

According to Peirce, actors like the SEC should move away from being “merit regulators” and allow market participants to decide whether a particular asset is worthy of investment.

Commenting further on the matter, Commissioner Peirce opined:

We need to allow people that are interested in this space [crypto] to be involved with it in a way that is within the regulated framework. Understanding that investors have to make their own decisions, we can’t make those decisions for them.

Already, there is growing discontent among some cryptocurrency businesses in the country about the…