Paul Atkins told senators in March 2025 that his top SEC priority would be building a principled regulatory framework for digital assets, emphasizing the need for coherent crypto regulation and criticized past enforcement-heavy approaches to digital finance.

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Atkins, who previously served as an SEC commissioner under President George W. Bush, recently told senators that a top concern of his chairmanship will be providing “a firm regulatory foundation for digital assets through a rational, coherent, and principled approach.”

He said at a Senate confirmation hearing in March that a top priority of his time at the SEC would be 'to provide a firm regulatory foundation for digital assets