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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has hired former Chainlink Labs lawyer Taylor Lindman as the chief counsel of its Crypto Task Force. The move indicates that the agency is actively seeking product and protocol expertise as it attempts to establish workable rules for tokenized finance.
The appointment was first announced in a post on the X platform from Chainlink. Separately, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who currently leads the task force, publicly stated she predicts great things from his arrival.
Narrowing the knowledge gap
The dedicated crypto group is tasked with helping the SEC draw regulatory lines, advising on registration pathways and crafting disclosure frameworks for digital assets. Bringing in an executive with hands-on experience in decentralized oracles, smart contracts and token design narrows the knowledge gap between regulators and the technology they scrutinise.
It also changes the internal dynamics of the agency when policy recommendations are formed. The task force now has a native industry voice to help shape its approach to digital asset regulation.
Internal SEC records show that Lindman participated in a Chainlink delegation that met directly with the Task Force in 2025. During that session, they discussed token taxonomy, onchain record keeping and transfer agent modernisation. These specific areas are now central to the ongoing federal debates regarding tokenized securities and custody. That prior engagement suggests Lindman brings valuable institutional memory regarding how industry proposals were historically received inside the agency.
Bringing technical detail to regulation
This hire suggests the digital asset industry should expect future SEC guidance and roundtables to be far more technically granular. Regulatory scrutiny will likely pivot towards complex structural issues such as oracle data integrity, smart contract lifecycle management and how traditional securities concepts map onto programmable assets.
Lindman replaces Michael Selig, who is moving to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a broader reallocation of crypto expertise between federal agencies. As Wall Street continues to push for tokenized assets, the SEC is equipping itself with the technical knowledge required to govern them.