Since being appointed in 2018 by former president Donald Trump, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has been affectionately known as “Crypto Mom” throughout the industry. Long seen as a champion for bitcoin and crypto adoption, she is best known for sharply-worded dissents to rejected bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications that often argue for bitcoin to be treated the same way as any other type of investable asset. The implication being that her fellow commissioners have unjustifiably held the digital currency to a different and more stringent set of standards to the point where they could be weighing in on whether or ... (full story)