Ex-Chainlink exec joins SEC’s crypto task force as new legal chief

Michael Selig was chief counsel for the SEC Crypto Task Force but left in December last year to become chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Taylor Lindman, the deputy general counsel at blockchain firm Chainlink Labs, has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force as its new chief counsel, filling a role left by now-CFTC chair Michael Selig.

In an X post on Monday, Chainlink Labs announced Lindman’s departure after five years and confirmed his official appointment to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force.

“We thank Taylor for his great five years as a key part of the Chainlink Labs team in his role as deputy general counsel. We all look forward to modernizing the US financial system together, taking it to the next level of its development and rapid growth,” Chainlink Labs said.

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