SEC names Chainlink lawyer Taylor Lindman as Crypto Task Force chief counsel
Taylor Lindman, formerly deputy general counsel at Chainlink, will replace Michael Selig as chief counsel for the SEC’s Crypto Task Force.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Taylor Lindman as chief counsel of its Crypto Task Force, filling the role vacated by Michael Selig [1][4].
Lindman joins the SEC from Chainlink, where he served as deputy general counsel; Chainlink announced his departure in an X post on Feb. 23 and thanked him for five years at the company [1].
Michael Selig left the Crypto Task Force position in December to become chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, creating the vacancy Lindman now fills [4].
Industry outlets noted the appointment amid other Chainlink-related activity in the market, with one report mentioning that Grayscale was building a large LINK position around the same time [3].
Lindman will serve as the SEC Crypto Task Force’s chief counsel as the agency continues its oversight of crypto markets and enforcement work [1][4].
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- 1SEC taps Chainlink’s Taylor Lindman as Crypto Task Force chief counselcrypto.news• Feb 24, 2026
- 3SEC taps Chainlink legal veteran as Grayscale builds 5M LINK positionCryptopolitan• Feb 24, 2026
- 4Ex-Chainlink exec joins SEC’s crypto task force as new legal chiefCointelegraph• Feb 24, 2026
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