Paul S. Atkins, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that the agency’s Crypto Task Force will hold an important meeting next week.
The comprehensive event, titled “Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Financial Oversight and Privacy,” will take place on Monday, December 15, 2025, both in person and live-streamed on the SEC’s official website.
The roundtable will begin at 9:00 PM (UTC+3) with opening remarks from senior SEC officials. SEC Crypto Task Force Chief of Staff Richard B. Gabbert, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins, Member Mark T. Uyeda, and Member Hester M. Peirce will discuss the agency’s current approach, the importance of financial oversight and privacy policies, and the regulatory direction in crypto markets.
The first panel, lasting 1.5 hours, will discuss the future of financial surveillance and privacy. Moderated by Yaya J. Fanusie, Senior Advisor at the Crypto Council for Innovation and Global Policy Head at the Aleo Network Foundation, the panel will include Jill Gunter, CSO of Espresso Systems; Zooko Wilcox, founder of Zcash; Koh, CEO of the Aleo Network Foundation; Simon Letort from Digital Asset; Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO of Predicate; and Wayne Chang, founder of SpruceID.
The second panel, to be held after a short break, will again focus on financial oversight and privacy, but this time will address a broader legal and regulatory perspective.
The panel will be moderated by Yaya Fanusie and will bring together notable figures such as StarkWare General Counsel Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, Penumbra Strategies CEO Carole House, Digital Self Labs CEO Linda Jeng, Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger, ACLU Senior Policy Analyst Jay Stanley, George Mason Law School academic JW Verret, and Etherealize General Counsel Steve Yelderman.
*This is not investment advice.