US crypto rules like 'floor is lava' game without lights — Hester Peirce

SEC Commissioner and head of the crypto task force, Hester Peirce, says US financial firms are navigating crypto in a way that’s similar to playing the children’s game “the floor is lava,” but in the dark. “It is time that we find a way to end this game. We need to turn on the lights and build some walkways over the lava pit,” Peirce said at the SEC “Know Your Custodian” roundtable event on April 25. The lava is crypto, says PeircePeirce explained that SEC registrants are forced to approach crypto-related activities like “the floor is lava,” where the aim is to jump from one piece of furniture to the next without touching the ground, except here, touching crypto directly is the lava source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/united-states-crypto-custody-regulations-floor-lava-hester-peirce-sec?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound