SEC Commissioner On Why Crypto Industry Should Be Optimistic In 2026 | Hester Peirce

Hester Peirce is the SEC Commissioner. We spoke to Hester live at ETH Denver to get the latest on the biggest accomplishments from the past year, what the defining moment of 2026 will be, transparency under the current admin, tokenization, balancing traditional financial vs. crypto, how AI will affect crypto, and the conversations around financial privacy.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Hester Perice To Crypto In America!

1:00 - Biggest Change & Accomplishments This Year 

3:40 - Defining Moment For 2026

5:30 - Transparency Under Hester - What She’s Learned Talking To Developers 

7:45 - Tokenization - Timeline For Capital Markets To Go Onchain 

11:00 - AI & Crypto 

13:45 - Tradition Institutions Arguing Against Crypto

15:45 - Financial Privacy 

18:30 - Balancing TradFi vs. Start Up Compliance

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