Inside the SEC's Enforcement-First Era — From a Former Insider

Ashley Ebersole spent his early SEC years on the distributed ledger working group. He has a vantage on the agency's crypto enforcement era that very few industry voices have. At Paris Blockchain Week 2026, he sits with David Sencil to walk through the embodiment theory courts later rejected, the asymmetric settlement pressure that forced startups to fold, and what tx is now building: the first FINRA-approved stock-token platform in the U.S. We cover: - The SEC's enforcement-first era and what it cost - The unlimited-budget settlement asymmetry - The embodiment theory and other rejected novel theories - What tx is building with FINRA-approved stock tokens - Why Gen Z is skipping traditional brokerage accounts Chapters: 00:24 - Bitcoin.com Live News Desk at Paris Blockchain Week 01:28 - Background of Ashley Ebersole 02:11 - SEC and New Technologies 03:16 - Awareness of Bitcoin and Crypto 04:06 - Experience at the SEC 05:04 - Changes in SEC Leadership 06:14 - Regulatory Challenges and Theories 07:07 - Enforcement First Approach 08:05 - Legal Theories and Court Rejections 10:11 - Government Influence on Settlements 12:06 - Bias Against Crypto 14:02 - Legal Challenges and Court Decisions 16:08 - Misunderstandings About Tokenization 18:03 - Generational Differences in Financial Products 20:25 - Predictions for On-Chain Real-World Assets 21:42 - Understanding Tokenization 24:19 - TX and Tokenization Platform 27:06 - Questions About Tokenized Stocks 29:59 - Regulatory Approaches and Tokenization 33:23 - Jurisdictional Differences in Tokenization 36:30 - Future Discussions and Closing Remarks Follow for more conversations on crypto, markets, and the future of finance.

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This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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