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Staff of SEC’s Crypto Task Force Includes Former Big-Law Crypto Lawyer

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Mar 4, 2025 - 12:00am

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CoinDesk

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https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/03/staff-of-sec-s-crypto-task-force-includes-former-big-law-crypto-lawyer

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Mike Selig, who was named chief counsel of the task force in a Monday announcement from the SEC, was previously a New York-based partner at white-shoe international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he was a member of the firm’s crypto practice. Before joining Willkie, Selig interned for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Selig was one of 14 staff members named in the Monday announcement. His colleagues include several crypto industry natives — Landon Zinda, former policy director at crypto think tank Coin Center, and Veronica Reynolds, a former attorney at Baker Hostetler LLP focused on NFTs and metaverse-related legal issues, both of whom will serve as senior advisors to the task force — as well as career SEC staff

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