Trump’s SEC Roundtable Shocker: Uniswap, Coinbase Invited to Rewrite Crypto Rules!

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is bringing major crypto players to the table. On April 11, it will host an SEC roundtable titled “Between a Block and a Hard Place,” aimed at refining trading regulations for digital assets. Executives from Uniswap, Coinbase, and Cumberland, firms once sued or investigated by the SEC, will now help shape the conversation. The shift comes under the Trump administration, which has reversed or dropped several crypto-related enforcement actions and is now pushing to rework the agency’s stance.

Industry Heavyweights Join the Discussion

The SEC roundtable marks a notable pivot. The SEC is now inviting firms it previously targeted to discuss how crypto markets should be regulated going forward. Confirmed participants include Katherine Minarik (Uniswap Labs Chief Legal Officer), Chelsea Pizzola (Cumberland DRW Associate General Counsel), and Gregory Tusar (Coinbase VP of Institutional Product). These companies faced legal action or investigations during the Biden administration, and lawsuits have since been dropped under Trump. Also joining are figures from the traditional finance world and top crypto news outlets covering the developments in real time.

SEC announces agenda and panelists for roundtable on crypto trading: https://t.co/RDQyWDlE8o pic.twitter.com/T0ifWIRP3a

— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) April 7, 2025

NYSE product chief Jon Herrick and FalconX’s Austin Reid, as well as tokenization firm Texture Capital CEO Richard Johnson. Academic and regulatory voices include UC Berkeley finance chair Christine Parlour, “We the Investors” co-founder Dave Lauer, and Healthy Markets CEO Tyler Gellasch. Moderating the panel will be Goodwin Procter partner Nicholas Losurdo, while the SEC will be represented by acting chair Mark Uyeda, Commissioners Hester Peirce and Caroline Crenshaw, and Crypto Task Force chief of staff Richard Gabbert.

Trump’s Influence, Deregulation, and the “DOGE” Factor

The SEC roundtable is part of a broader five-part initiative the SEC has branded the “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity.” The first discussion, held March 21, focused on crypto’s legal status. Upcoming sessions will cover custody, tokenization, and DeFi. This evolving agenda reflects a sharp regulatory shift under President Trump. Under his direction, acting chair Mark Uyeda is reviewing existing SEC crypto guidance in light of a new executive order on deregulation. 

Statement from Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda: Pursuant to Executive Order 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, together with recommendations from DOGE, I have requested Securities and Exchange Commission staff promptly to review the following staff statements.

— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) April 5, 2025

The move is backed by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is actively recommending which agency policies to scale back. Uyeda confirmed that seven staff-issued crypto statements, five directly related to digital assets, are now under review. These include the 2019 Howey Test guidance, several Bitcoin-related investment alerts, and a post-FTX disclosure memo from December 2022. This review could reshape key areas of crypto policy, particularly around asset classification and disclosure.

A New Era of Crypto Regulation?

This SEC roundtable could be a turning point in how the U.S. regulates crypto. With high-profile industry leaders now invited into the regulatory conversation, and several lawsuits being reversed, the SEC is signalling a more collaborative, possibly looser framework. Yet, the presence of watchdog figures like Gellasch and Lauer ensures that the panel won’t be an industry echo chamber. The SEC’s balancing act between deregulation and responsibility, will be closely watched by both crypto policy analysts and sceptics.

The wider crypto news community is also reacting, with many calling this the most open-door moment in SEC-crypto relations to date. Whether these talks produce clear outcomes or serve more as a symbolic reset, the optics are clear: the Trump administration is reshaping the SEC’s approach to crypto from adversarial to open-door. But how far that door opens remains to be seen.

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