Chainlink's Former Executive Joins as Chief Legal Advisor for SEC Crypto Team

On February 24th, Taylor Lindman—former Deputy General Counsel of Chainlink Labs—officially joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Chief Legal Advisor to the Crypto Asset Working Group. He succeeds Michael Selig, who was previously promoted to Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Lindman spent over five years at Chainlink, overseeing legal matters related to the project’s oracle networks and smart contract data infrastructure. The SEC’s Crypto Asset Working Group, established last year, is currently led by Commissioner Hester Peirce and focuses on regulatory framework discussions for areas including tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi). During former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s tenure, the agency took enforcement actions against multiple crypto firms over registration compliance issues.