The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a public roundtable discussion on December 15, focusing on financial surveillance and crypto privacy policies.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force will hold a public roundtable discussion on December 15th to delve into policies related to financial surveillance and privacy. The meeting is open to registered attendees in person and will also be streamed live online. The SEC emphasizes that being invited to the roundtable does not imply endorsement of any project or individual by the agency.

The meeting agenda shows that several SEC officials will deliver opening remarks, including Richard B. Gabbert, Chief of Staff of the Crypto Task Force, Paul S. Atkins, Chairman, and Commissioners Mark T. Uyeda and Hester M. Peirce.

The discussion on financial surveillance and privacy will be moderated by Yaya J. Fanusie, Global Policy Director at the Aleo Network Foundation. Panelists include Jill Gunter, Chief Strategy Officer at Espresso Systems; Zooko Wilcox, Founder of Zcash; Koh, CEO of the Aleo Network Foundation; Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Planning at Digital Asset; Nikhil Raghuveera, Co-founder and CEO of Predicate; and Wayne Chang, Founder of SpruceID.

The subsequent panel discussion was again moderated by Fanusie, with guests including Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel of StarkWare; Carole House, CEO of Penumbra Strategies; Linda Jeng, CEO of Digital Self Labs; Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association; Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union; JW Verret, Associate Professor at George Mason University School of Law; and Steve Yelderman, General Counsel of Etherealize.