#SECCryptoRoundtable

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held its first roundtable on cryptocurrencies on Friday, pitting critics and supporters of digital assets in a sometimes controversial debate focused on how to better determine whether a crypto asset is a security.

President Donald Trump's landslide victory in November marked the beginning of the country's first crypto-friendly administration. One of Trump's campaign promises was to fire then-SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, perhaps the most vocal critic of cryptocurrencies. However, Gensler, seeing what was coming, resigned in January and will now teach 'financial technology' at MIT