Chainlink's Taylor Lindman joins SEC as chief counsel for crypto task force

Taylor Lindman, former deputy general counsel at Chainlink Labs, joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday as the agency's chief counsel for the agency's crypto task force.

Lindman succeeds Michael Selig, who previously held the role before becoming chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. During more than five years at Chainlink, Lindman served in several senior legal positions, gaining experience in oracle networks and smart contract data infrastructure within institutional finance, according to a company spokesperson.

"We all look forward to modernizing the U.S. financial system together, taking it to the next level of its development and rapid growth," Chainlink said in a post on X.

The SEC established its crypto task force last year following the departure of former Chair Gary Gensler and amid broader policy shifts under the Trump administration. During Gensler's time at the SEC, the agency brought several cases against crypto firms, mostly related to registration failures, and Gensler had argued that most cryptocurrencies were securities.

Since its formation, the task force has embarked on multiple roundtable discussions to figure out how to regulate different aspects of the industry, including tokenization and decentralized finance.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who leads the task force, posted the news about Lindman joining the agency in a post on X.

"Welcome to our new Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel, Taylor Lindman, who joined the SEC today," Peirce said. "I predict great things!"