SEC Commissioner Peirce called for greater attention to privacy-enhancing technologies and advocated for limiting government financial surveillance of ordinary citizens.

According to Mars Finance, citing the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce delivered a speech at the Georgetown University Law School's "Regulatory PETshop Series" seminar, calling for the inclusion of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in the financial regulatory framework. She criticized the current regulatory approach as overly focused on government surveillance, arguing that technology should serve to protect individual privacy rather than expand surveillance. She pointed out that public blockchain wallet addresses can reduce the risk of investor personal information leakage while meeting compliance requirements. Peirce also invited technology teams capable of minimizing the collection of personal information while complying with KYC and anti-money laundering regulations to proactively collaborate with the SEC's Crypto Task Force.