Even before the arrival of President Donald Trump and his crypto-friendly regulators, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had a crypto advocate, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who contends that a decision this week to grant DoubleZero a so-called no-action letter represents the kind of space she's long been wanting to offer blockchain pursuits.

The SEC formally agreed to the startup's request that the agency wouldn't pursue any registration complaints for tokens issued for the specific aims of DoubleZero's decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). Commissioner Peirce suggested this open door for DePIN efforts keeps the SEC out of business it shouldn't be in.

"Rather than relying on centralized corporate structures to coordinate activity, DePIN projects enlist participan

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