Trump SEC pick Paul Atkins spared crypto grilling in Senate hearing – DL News
- SEC Chair nominee Paul Atkins answered Senators’ questions Thursday.
- Few touched on crypto.
- Atkins has deep ties to the industry and pledged to “provide a firm regulatory foundation,” for the asset class.
Paul Atkins, US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, was largely spared a grilling over his views on cryptocurrency and his ties to crypto firms during a two-hour hearing in the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.
Democrat lawmakers inclined to oppose Trump’s nominees instead questioned the former SEC commissioner over his actions in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis and his ties to the financial industry writ large.
The SEC is the US’ top financial regulator, and the crypto…
