# Hester Peirce

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September 30th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss the pending departures of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Blockchain Association President Summer Mersinger, the potential for AI agents to trigger bank runs, and a new Blackrock paper on the intersection of AI and blockchain 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & …

Oct 2: Stablecoins Move Deeper Into Banking and Zero-Knowledge Proofs Get Interesting

Bitcoin is back above $86,000 as oil slips below $100 and Treasury yields pull back slightly, but the real test is whether $85,000 can become a new floor rather than another temporary pump. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $92.9 million in net outflows, while Lloyds Banking Group and Visa complet…

From FATF to FinCEN - Key AML, AI, and Regulatory Developments This Week

In this week's episode of This Week in AML, John Byrne and Elliot Berman examine Canada's newly released FATF mutual evaluation and what it may signal as the AML community awaits the upcoming U.S. assessment. They discuss FinCEN's plans to amend customer due diligence requirements related to immigr…

Patrick McHenry Sees a Lame-Duck Window for CLARITY

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on a busy policy week from the UK's FCA opening its crypto firm authorization process to the SEC's new staff FAQ on crypto asset classification, and Robinhood's launch of AI agents that trade for retail customers. They th…

Weekly Roundup 10/02/26 (Fat Model Hypothesis, Agentic bank runs, Hester Peirce retires from the SEC, ETH 2030) (EP.742)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Are OpenAI and Anthropic reenacting the Fat Protocol Hypothesis Will AI agents cause bank runs optimizing bank balances for yield? If the AI complex bursts does it take down VC? Our tribute to Hester Peirce as she re…

Bitcoin Is Breaking Out. Are Altcoins the Better Buy Now?

Bitcoin is pressing on 87K, the top of this week's daily range, and a break above it should carry us to 90K inside the 87K to 93.5K weekly resistance block. I think 90K is more likely next than a revisit of 78K, the bull market support. So today was mostly about altcoins: I lined up the altcoin to …

10/3/26 | Regulatory Shifts and the Rise of RWA Infrastructure

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs as the agency moves toward formal crypto rulemaking. Meanwhile, OpenWorld merges to focus on RWA tokenization, Chainlink showcases automated dividend workflows, and Blast L2 prepares for shutdown.---AltXCrunch is powered by ALTINVEST, a state-of-the-art Al bas…

AI Agents, Deepfake IDs, and Your Money: Who's on the Hook When the Machine Holds the Wallet w/ Dr. Tonya Evans

In Part 2 of her series on artificial intelligence, Dr. Tonya M. Evans, digital asset attorney and regulatory strategist, takes the foundation from Part 1 straight to the question that matters most for anyone with money on the line: who is accountable when AI acts? She explains in plain English how…

Jupiter Perps explained + Ripple Is Lobbying the SEC to Rewrite "Decentralization" | Ep 592

Good now revolutionaries — Evan and Alex take the show solo on Wednesday morning with Matthew joining mid-episode to help demystify perpetuals ahead of next Monday's trading contest. The lesson of the day: how to read a Pacifica order book, when maker vs. taker fees actually matter, and why a Jupit…

S2 E4 | SEC Insights on Crypto w/Hester Peirce

In this episode of Rehashed, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins us to talk about legal compliance and innovation in the crypto space. Known for her pro-innovation stance, Commissioner Peirce discusses her critiques of the SEC's stringent regulatory approach toward crypto and her hopes for clearer…