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She is. I had the pleasure of working with her on in the distributed ledger tech working group (back when it was still the cryptocurrency working group) when she founded it in 2013. At the time, I was the lead eng for one of the SEC's quant groups and they needed a coder who understood the tech and didn't own any coin (exams/enf actions in crypto are tech-heavy). I raised my hand to be the founding tech lead specifically so I could be in the room to represent the "omg don't ban it, we don't know where this is going" position. Turned out that voice not needed at all.

The SEC has a well informed and nuanced view of crypto that underpins their restraint on the matter which, in no small part, is due to Ms. Szczepanik. If you're looking for an example of what happens when you don't have someone like her then look no further than NY. NY just jumped in and messed everything up with the Bitlicense.