Acting SEC Chairman Appoints Former Coin Center Director to Cryptocurrency Working Group

Odaily News Landon Zinda has resigned from his position as policy director at cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center to join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) cryptocurrency task force. In a notice on Feb. 4, Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda said Zinda has joined the commission as his legal counsel and senior advisor to the cryptocurrency task force. The former Coin Center director will join the task force, led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, working alongside Chief of Staff Richard Gabbert and Chief Policy Advisor Taylor Asher.