# SEC's Peirce Urges Regulators to Replace Bulk Identity Collection With Zero-Knowledge Proofs

In her penultimate week as a commissioner, Hester Peirce said customer identification rules build data stores that verification technology could make unnecessary.

- Published: 2026-09-25T05:49:08.849Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-25/sec-s-peirce-urges-regulators-to-replace-bulk-identity-colle
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- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/sec-peirce-backs-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-kyc/), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/hester-peirce-advocates-privacy-tech)

Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who is leaving the agency, told the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Digital Assets Conference that regulators should examine decentr…

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