Former Chainlink executive joins SEC as Chief Legal Advisor of the Cryptocurrency Special Task Force

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Odaily Planet Daily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that former Deputy General Counsel of Chainlink Labs, Taylor Lindman, has joined the SEC as the Chief Legal Advisor of the Crypto Task Force, succeeding Michael Selig, who was previously promoted to Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Lindman worked at Chainlink for over five years, primarily handling legal affairs related to oracle networks and smart contract data infrastructure. The SEC Crypto Task Force was established last year, mainly focusing on regulatory discussions around tokenization and decentralized finance, and promoting the development of the U.S. crypto regulatory framework.

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