U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, widely known as "Crypto Mom," will leave the agency next week to become an associate professor at Regent University School of Law. Her tenure produced significant policy guidance on mining, staking, memcoins, and crypto asset classification, alongside the proposed Regulation Crypto Assets framework for offering digital assets without triggering stringent securities regulations. Peirce's most recent work focused on launching tokenized securities through a five-year "innovation exemption" designed to inform permanent regulatory rules. In her resignation statement, she acknowledged past SEC resistance to innovation but emphasized the importance of maximizing individual freedom within sensible regulatory parameters to build confidence in digital asset transactions.