Month: December 2025

The SEC announced that Corporation Finance Deputy Director Cicely LaMothe will be retiring after playing a significant role in shaping the agency’s guidance on cryptocurrency. LaMothe has been with the SEC for over 20 years and has been instrumental in developing policies related to digital assets and blockchain technology. During her tenure, LaMothe worked on developing regulations around initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other crypto-related activities. She also helped lead efforts to provide clarity to market participants on how existing securities laws apply to digital assets. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler praised LaMothe for her leadership and dedication to investor protection during her time at the agency. He highlighted her contributions to advancing the SEC’s understanding of evolving market trends and technologies. LaMothe’s retirement comes as the SEC continues to focus on regulating the growing cryptocurrency industry and ensuring that market participants comply with securities laws. Her departure marks the end of an era for the SEC’s Corporation Finance division, but her legacy will endure through the guidance she helped shape.

December 29, 2025

The retirement of Cicely LaMothe, the deputy director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance, marks a...

Read MoreRead more about The SEC announced that Corporation Finance Deputy Director Cicely LaMothe will be retiring after playing a significant role in shaping the agency’s guidance on cryptocurrency. LaMothe has been with the SEC for over 20 years and has been instrumental in developing policies related to digital assets and blockchain technology.

During her tenure, LaMothe worked on developing regulations around initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other crypto-related activities. She also helped lead efforts to provide clarity to market participants on how existing securities laws apply to digital assets.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler praised LaMothe for her leadership and dedication to investor protection during her time at the agency. He highlighted her contributions to advancing the SEC’s understanding of evolving market trends and technologies.

LaMothe’s retirement comes as the SEC continues to focus on regulating the growing cryptocurrency industry and ensuring that market participants comply with securities laws. Her departure marks the end of an era for the SEC’s Corporation Finance division, but her legacy will endure through the guidance she helped shape.