'Peirce Out': A Decade of Dissent

Crypto Insight Summary: 1. 3. 5. She arrived at the SEC in 2018 as a Republican commissioner with light crypto baggage and left this week as the regulator whose quotes had narrated the industry's regulatory story. By:• People Hester Peirce delivered her on Tuesday and called the speech "Peirce Out." She is **leaving Washington after nearly thirty years** for a teaching post at in Virginia Beach in November. Her ; she had been serving in a holdover capacity since. Peirce arrived at the Commission on , at a moment when crypto was both very large and almost entirely unregulated. Court of Federal Claims, practiced at WilmerHale, then worked as a staff attorney in the SEC's Division of Investment Management before during his 2002-2008 term. Crypto Insight Analysis: Direction: Neutral Impact: Minor Impact Horizon: Short-term (1-3 days) Reasoning: Peirce's departure removes a crypto-friendly voice but her influence was already limited by SEC's majority stance.