Senate banking panel votes to advance Trump's nomination of Paul Atkins to chair the SEC

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Apr 3, 2025 - 12:00am

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Senate Banking Committee advances Trump’s pick for SEC

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During a hearing to discuss the nominations last week, Atkins said he would make creating a regulatory framework for digital assets a "top priority" in prepared testimony.

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During that hearing, Atkins received pushback from top Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over his ties to collapsed crypto exchange FTX and President Trump's possible conflicts of interest with the rise of his memecoin

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