In brief
- Newly appointed SEC Chair Paul Atkins made his first public comments as head of the Commission earlier today.
- Atkins was attending the SEC’s third crypto roundtable, joined by the heads of various crypto custody businesses.
- Atkins again made it clear he plans to be no Gensler, slamming the prior chair’s regime for its posture on crypto.
Newly sworn-in SEC Chair Paul Atkins gave his first full address Friday, praising the Commission’s recent pro-crypto work in his absence, and condemning the agency’s previous moves against the industry under previous Chair Gary Gensler and the Joe Biden administration.
“Market participants engaging with this technology deserve clear regulatory rules of the road,” Atkins said of crypto,…
Jun 09 2025
