SEC’s Paul Atkins “Most Crypto Isn’t a Security”
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins just lit a fire under the regulatory status quo. In a landmark speech, Atkins said what crypto founders have been wanting to hear for years: Most crypto assets are not securities. That’s a full rejection of everything Gary Gensler stood for. It’s very bullish for crypto, for Bitcoin, and for alt coins.
Atkins unveiled Project Crypto, a sweeping regulatory overhaul that promises to drag SEC policy out of the analog age and into an on-chain future. The initiative is backed by the Trump administration’s newly released Working Group report.
Under Project Crypto, the SEC will draft straightforward, purpose-built rules for how crypto assets can be distributed, traded, and custodied — with public input. That…
