US SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce will leave his post to teach at the Law School

On May 22, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce will leave his post in November and transfer to the Regent University School of Law as associate professor of law. Peirce has been a member of the SEC since 2018 and is known for his stance in supporting the crypto asset industry. He has also led the SEC's cryptocurrency working group and is known as "CryptoMom" for his repeated opposition to enforcement actions against digital asset companies.