{"id":33184,"date":"2024-12-03T21:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=33184"},"modified":"2024-12-03T21:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:58:21","slug":"trump-selects-crypto-friendly-paul-atkins-for-sec-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-selects-crypto-friendly-paul-atkins-for-sec-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Selects Crypto-Friendly Paul Atkins for SEC Chair!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump has nominated <strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong>, a former SEC commissioner known for his support of cryptocurrency, to chair the <strong>Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to three sources familiar with the matter, Trump is awaiting confirmation from Atkins regarding his acceptance of the role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong>, who served as an <strong>SEC<\/strong> commissioner during the George W. Bush administration, has been actively supporting the crypto industry since leaving the commission.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2017, he has co-chaired the Token Alliance at the Chamber of Digital Commerce and has been providing regulatory advisory services to digital finance firms through Potomak Global Partners, the consultancy he founded in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coinmuhendisi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/paul.webp\" alt=\"paul\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>George Mason University professor J.W. Verret, a former SEC Advisory Committee member:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSenate Republicans really respect the tradition of Commissioner Paul Atkins,\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHe was the first time anyone had been a true libertarian and SEC commissioner, and that was a unique thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under Gary Gensler&#8217;s leadership, the <strong>SEC<\/strong> actively pursued numerous enforcement actions against cryptocurrency organizations, consistently applying existing securities laws to crypto assets and alleging violations related to fraud and unregistered offerings.<\/p>\n<p>If <strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong> accepts the nomination for SEC chair, he is expected to bring a pro-innovation and crypto-friendly approach to the agency. Unless Trump opts for a recess appointment while the Senate is out of session, the nomination will require Senate approval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Reed Stark, who worked with Atkins at the SEC in 2008:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere was never a commissioner in the history of the commission that was more respectful and thankful of the staff at the commission,\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s transition team consulted with leaders in the cryptocurrency industry to gather their perspectives on the chairmanship role before making its decision.<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect is delivering on his promises to the crypto community. <strong>Trump<\/strong> has proposed the establishment of a \u201cCrypto Advisory Council\u201d to help shape cryptocurrency policy and pledged to create a \u201cStrategic Bitcoin Reserve\u201d using crypto assets seized by the government.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"><span class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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According to three sources familiar with the matter, Trump is awaiting confirmation from Atkins regarding his acceptance of the role. Paul Atkins, who served as an SEC commissioner during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":33186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,657,11,1,2],"tags":[9327,39,4850,3310],"class_list":["post-33184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-economy-news","category-en","category-exchange-news","category-genel","category-news","tag-paul-atkins","tag-sec","tag-securities-and-exchange-commission-sec","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Selects Crypto-Friendly Paul Atkins for SEC Chair! - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-selects-crypto-friendly-paul-atkins-for-sec-chair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Selects Crypto-Friendly Paul Atkins for SEC Chair! - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner known for his support of cryptocurrency, to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 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