SEC Holds Meeting on DeFi, Could Influence Ethereum and Governance Tokens

• SEC holds public meeting on decentralized finance
• Event analyzes regulatory impacts on Ethereum and DeFi
• Tokens like AAVE and UNI are on the SEC’s radar

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced holding a special meeting on June 9 to discuss the regulatory direction of decentralized finance. Titled “DeFi and the American Spirit,” the meeting is part of the official agenda of the commission’s Crypto Task Force.

The event will take place at the SEC headquarters in Washington, DC, and will be open to the public, with live streaming on the official website. Confirmed panelists include prominent names in the industry, such as Rebecca Rettig (Jito Labs), Jill Gunter (Espresso Systems), Erik Voorhees (Venice AI), Omid Malekan (Columbia Business School) and Kevin Werbach (Wharton School).

Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, who chairs the task force, commented: “DeFi exemplifies the promise of cryptocurrencies by allowing people to interact without intermediaries. I look forward to learning from the panelists about how we can create a regulatory environment in which DeFi can thrive.”

The expectation is that the meeting will directly influence the future of Ethereum-based projects and governance tokens such as AAVE and UNI, at a time when regulatory data has impacted asset volatility.

The regulatory debate promoted by the SEC is closely watched by developers, institutional investors and participants in the DeFi ecosystem, who seek to understand to what extent future regulations can influence the governance and operational structure of decentralized protocols.

At the time of publication, the price of Ether was quoted at $2.712,15, up 3% in the last 24 hours.