Crypto is ‘Job One’ as U.S. SEC, CFTC Move Into Harmony on Policies: Chairman Atkins
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said that “crypto is job one” as his agency hosted a Monday roundtable focused on harmonizing policy work with its sister regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Both agencies are set to have central roles in overseeing the digital assets markets in the U.S., with the SEC overseeing crypto securities and the CFTC — especially after it’s expected to be given more authority by Congress — supervising the bulk of digital assets transactions. But leaders of both have said they want the borders between securities and commodities to be seamless, allowing single firms or even apps to traverse both without difficulty.
“Our two agencies must work in…
