SEC Crypto Task Force Hosts Financial Privacy Roundtable Today: What to Expect

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Crypto Task Force is hosting an SEC roundtable today focused on financial surveillance and data privacy. The session takes place on December 15, 2025, from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. ET. Two panels will address privacy risks in crypto markets.

This SEC financial privacy roundtable, also described by the agency as a crypto privacy oversight forum, was originally scheduled for October 17. A federal government shutdown caused the delay. The SEC rescheduled the event after operations resumed. 

SEC Roundtable Reviews Surveillance Tools and Data Controls

On December 5, the Crypto Task Force released the agenda and confirmed panelists. The SEC privacy roundtable is gathering privacy researchers, federal regulators, blockchain developers and crypto executives.

The debate is focused on how digital asset companies gather, keep and secure information of their users. Regulators are examining whether current oversight tools can satisfy compliance demands without overreach. 

Panellists to discuss surveillance systems by exchanges and service providers. These instruments are used to detect fraud and dealing in the black economy. The SEC is seeking to determine how much data that companies collect and keep for how long. Data privacy and internal controls also are key issues.

Public Input Shapes SEC Crypto Privacy Review

Public involvement is a feature of the roundtable format for the SEC. The agency will take comments at the meeting. There is coordination with other regulators as well. The CFTC will also become involved in order to ensure consistent crypto regulation.

The SEC has said that inadequate protection of data has led to a distrust of digital asset markets. A lack of trust has hampered wider adoption. Officials, via the U.S. SEC’s crypto task force, are looking for firsthand information about real issues firms confront. The outcomes of today’s SEC Roundtable may shape policy discussions moving into early 2026.

The timing comes as crypto platforms are facing increased scrutiny over how they track users. Citadel and other big traditional finance firms have lately been advocating greater oversight. Privacy fears have taken center stage as surveillance grows.

Many exchanges already rely on sophisticated analytical tools to monitor the system for suspicious behavior. Critics highlighted these systems could harvest too much personal data. The purpose of the SEC roundtable is to assess whether existing monitoring methods are proportional and consistent with user expectations of privacy.