Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce) — Twitter Score 471 out of 1000

Hester Peirce is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner who leads the SEC Crypto Task Force, appointed by President Donald J. Trump and sworn in on January 11, 2018. Reports from May 2026 indicate she plans to leave the SEC in November 2026 for a faculty position at Regent University. Hester Peirce's Twitter Score is 471 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #390 (top 0.1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Hester Peirce has been a consistent and sometimes dissenting voice on crypto and securities regulation during her tenure at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She dissented from the SEC's 2018 rejection of a Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF proposal, arguing the commission had applied an improper market evaluation standard. In a 2020 SEC speech, she proposed a token safe harbor that would give developers a three-year grace period to build a functional or decentralized network before facing full securities law compliance requirements, a proposal that drew significant attention across the crypto industry.

Hester Peirce was designated on February 4, 2025 to lead the SEC Crypto Task Force and to serve on the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets. Before joining the SEC, she previously worked at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, previously served as Senior Counsel at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and previously worked as an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. Hester Peirce has posted 1,737 times on the platform and has 128,214 followers as of August 2026. She has been mentioned by 942 accounts, with 2,784 total mentions.

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