Crypto Market Highlights: Uniswap, Coinbase, and NYSE Join SEC Roundtable

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is gearing up for a high-stakes roundtable on crypto trading regulations, bringing together top players from both Wall Street and the crypto world. 

Executives from Uniswap, Coinbase, and NYSE will participate in the April 11 event at SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C., signaling growing cooperation between regulators and the digital asset industry.

This marks the second session in the SEC’s “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity,” a five-part series led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, head of the SEC’s new Crypto Task Force.

Uniswap, Coinbase, NYSE to Weigh in on Crypto Oversight

The SEC roundtable, titled “Between a Block and a Hard Place: Tailoring Regulation for Crypto Trading,” will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET and include a mix of open discussion and policy-oriented analysis. 

The event features Katherine Minarik (Chief Legal Officer at Uniswap Labs), Gregory Tusar (VP of Institutional Product at Coinbase), and Jon Herrick (Product Chief at the New York Stock Exchange). 

These Uniswap, Coinbase, and NYSE representatives are joined by executives from FalconX, Texture Capital, and Cumberland DRW. Most of these firms have previously clashed with the SEC but had their cases dropped under the Trump administration’s deregulatory shift. 

Notably, several academic and investor advocacy voices will also be present, including UC Berkeley’s Christine Parlour, Tyler Gellasch from the Healthy Markets Association, and Dave Lauer of We the Investors.

SEC Roundtable to Shape Future Crypto Trading Regulations

The April 11 event is expected to address unresolved questions around crypto trading regulations, especially amid ongoing reviews of earlier SEC staff guidance. The session follows a March 21 roundtable on crypto asset legal status and will dive deeper into regulatory paths for exchanges, DeFi platforms, and tokenized securities. 

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda confirmed via X on April 5 that the agency is actively reviewing five prior crypto-related staff memos, aligning with Trump’s executive order on financial deregulation. Among the items under review are the 2019 Howey Test framework for token classification and risk disclosures around Bitcoin futures. 

Meanwhile, the SEC approved Galaxy Digital’s Form S-4 filing on April 7, clearing the firm’s path to relocate from the Cayman Islands to Delaware and establish a U.S.-based holding company. That move is widely viewed as a bid to better align with upcoming SEC regulatory directions.

Conclusion: A Crucial Moment for U.S. Crypto Oversight

As regulators, DeFi leaders, and traditional finance meet face-to-face, the April 11 SEC roundtable could reshape how digital asset markets operate in the U.S. With Uniswap, Coinbase, and NYSE seated at the table, the conversation around crypto trading regulations is no longer theoretical, it’s urgent, practical, and directly tied to future compliance expectations. 

This collaboration signals a step forward in achieving the regulatory clarity the crypto industry has long called for. All eyes now turn to Washington, D.C., as the next chapter in U.S. crypto regulation unfolds.