The SEC has rescheduled its Crypto Roundtable for December 15, 2025, focusing on the clash between financial surveillance and privacy-enhancing technologies. Under new Chairman Paul Atkins, the event features Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox, ACLU’s Jay Stanley, Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger, Aleo’s Yaya Fanusie (moderator), and other experts. The discussion will explore privacy coins, zero-knowledge proofs, and DeFi anonymity tools, signaling the agency’s intent to gather industry input before shaping future regulations on blockchain privacy.