In response to questions from North Carolina Representative Chuck Edwards, the SEC chair did not directly answer how much of the regulator’s funds were used to support the crypto task force headed by Commissioner Hester Peirce, and said its findings were “still under development.”“We should be having something here in the next few months with proposed steps forward,” said Atkins, referring to the task force’s first report. Paul Atkins at a May 20 SEC oversight hearing.
Nominated by US President Donald Trump, Atkins, also a former commissioner, was seen by many lawmakers and those in the digital asset industry as someone who could radically change the SEC’s approach to crypto. Looking to Congress for help with regulatory clarityAtkins’ remarks came less than 24 hours after US senators voted to move forward on consideration of a bill to regulate stablecoins, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, or GENIUS Act.
The bill is one of many related to aspects of digital assets that could affect how the SEC regulates the industry alongside agencies like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).“Whatever happens in Congress [...] that will help undergird what we do,” said Atkins.
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