Peirce is a former staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and of the SEC. In 2016, she was nominated by President Barack Obama for Commissioner on the SEC, but the United States Senate did not act on her nomination.

Hester M. Peirce was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was sworn in on January 11, 2018. Prior to joining the SEC, Commissioner Peirce conducted research on the regulation of financial markets at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Feb 4, 2025 · Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Washington D.C. Feb. 4, 2025. When I was a child, my family took an annual road trip from Ohio to Maine and back. ... I am delighted to be accompanied on the journey by a wonderful team of talented SEC staff, and we look forward to engaging with many enthusiastic members of the public who will help us navigate on ...

Apr 2, 2024 · When individuals and entities come to the SEC with their novel ideas, their feedback, their concerns, their objections, their questions about implementation of a new rule or application of an old one to new circumstances, too often now they are met with . . . well, crickets.

6 days ago · Read more: SEC Forms New Crypto Task Force Spearheaded by Hester Peirce Comparing the agency’s history of crypto regulation to a family road trip, Peirce said that the Crypto Task Force’s ...

Aug 25, 2023 · First appointed to the SEC by former president Donald Trump, she has spent the past three years fighting current chair Gary Gensler’s efforts to impose a wide range of new restrictions on the...

6 days ago · Peirce’s big job for 2025, of course, is leading the newly established SEC crypto task force. Compared with Gensler’s heavily restrictive approach to digital assets, Trump and Atkins’ pro-crypto stance is expected to usher in a new dawn for crypto regulation.

Jan 7, 2025 · Hester Peirce was appointed as a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission just a year into Trump’s first term and has served as one of its leading voices now for close to...

Apr 11, 2024 · Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposal to allow projects to decentralize.

Jan 27, 2025 · SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce confirmed by U.S. Senate for second term at the SEC through 2025 tonight. Peirce has said crypto is, "“...going to be here to stay and I would like us to...