Taylor Lindman, the deputy normal counsel at blockchain agency Chainlink Labs, has joined the Securities and Alternate Fee’s Crypto Activity Power as its new chief counsel, filling a task left by now-CFTC chair Michael Selig.
In an X submit on Monday, Chainlink Labs introduced Lindman’s departure after 5 years and confirmed his official appointment to the SEC’s Crypto Activity Power.
“We thank Taylor for his nice 5 years as a key a part of the Chainlink Labs crew in his function as deputy normal counsel. All of us look ahead to modernizing the US monetary system collectively, taking it to the subsequent stage of its improvement and speedy development,” Chainlink Labs mentioned.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who leads the Crypto Activity Power additionally confirmed Lindman’s new appointment on X, predicting “nice issues!” forward.
A chief counsel sometimes serves because the senior authorized advisor, guiding authorized interpretation, making certain compliance, managing danger and supporting management decision-making.
Lindman brings a decade of authorized expertise to the SEC
Lindman spent greater than 5 years at Chainlink, in accordance with his LinkedIn profile, throughout varied roles, together with deputy normal counsel and affiliate normal counsel.
Throughout his tenure at Chainlink, Lindman was chargeable for making certain compliance with US and worldwide laws and was additionally a part of a delegation that met with the Crypto Activity Power in March 2025 to talk about crypto regulation, together with token taxonomy and securities record-keeping necessities.
Earlier than Chainlink, Lindman was an affiliate at Perkins Coie from 2018 to 2021 and at Debevoise & Plimpton from 2016 to 2018.
Lindman succeeds Selig, who held the function till December of final yr, when he grew to become chair of the Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee.
Different skilled crypto arms on the SEC
Peirce introduced the unique lineup of 14 Crypto Activity Power members in March 2025, which included a number of crypto trade natives together with workers taken from the chair’s workplace and different divisions and places of work throughout the fee.
Landon Zinda, a former coverage director at Coin Middle from March 2023 till February 2025, is on the duty power as a senior advisor.
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Veronica Reynolds, additionally a senior advisor on the duty power, beforehand labored as an affiliate at Baker Hostetler, a regulation agency with a observe group targeted on digital property and Web3 know-how.
The SEC Crypto Activity Power was established following a friendlier coverage shift from the incoming Trump administration. Since then the duty power has held roundtable occasions and excursions to assemble suggestions from the crypto trade, lecturers and market contributors on digital asset regulation.
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