SEC Chairman Paul Atkins Says Agency Taking 'Historic Steps' to Modernize Crypto Regulations
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Debashree Patra
Summary
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins announced the agency is accelerating its crypto policy agenda through "Project Crypto," an initiative to modernize regulations for blockchain-based financial markets. Speaking at The Economic Club of New York, Atkins framed these efforts as "historic steps" to support President Trump's goal of making the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world." The SEC has spent the past year implementing this initiative to move markets on-chain.
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We are taking historic steps to modernize our rules and r
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