The president of the United States Securities and Securities Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, pointed to the cryptographic policies of the previous administration in the last round table event of the regulator that explores the regulation of digital assets.
In an event of Monday led by the Crypto task force of the SEC entitled “Defi and the American Spirit”, Atkins said the previous administration, suggesting the agency’s position on digital assets under former President Gary Gensler, adopted a heavy approach through the courts. He added that SEC policies on the rethink as a service provider needed the approval of Congress to have lasting authority, and promoted Autocustody as a “fundamental American value.”
“I am in favor of providing greater flexibility for market participants to autocustody cryptocurious assets, especially when intermediation imposes unnecessary transaction costs or restricts the ability to participate in bets and other activities in the chain,” Atkins said in the round table event.
“Unfortunately, the previous administration undermined innovation in autocustodial digital wallets and other technologies in the chain by stating through regulatory actions that the developers of said software can be carrying out brokerage activities.”
The round table event was the fifth in 2025, organized by the Crypto task force of the SEC, headed by Commissioner Hester Peirce. The previous discussions of the round table focused on the regulation of cryptography trade, custody, token and the state of tokens as values. Until Monday, no additional events appeared at the round table in the SEC calendar.
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The commissioner of the SEC, Caroline Crenshaw, said: “… These round tables have given us a lot to deal with, for saying at least. While the series was announced as a sprint sprint towards cryptographic clarity ‘, I am not sure if we have identified much that they can be simple or quickly clarified. […] With problems of this complex and so high, it is better to do well than fast. “
Sec u -urn under Atkins and Donald Trump?
Since President Donald Trump assumed the position and Gensler departed from the SEC in January, the agency has apparently adopted a different approach to digital assets, both through its regulatory authority and in court.
In February, the SEC agreed to abandon an execution action against Coinbase after less than two years in court. Approximately a month later, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, announced that the SEC would launch its appeal after a judicial decision against the company derived from an application action of 2020.
Leadership panels both in significant US financial regulators, the SEC and the Basic Products Future Commission (CFTC), will probably have a short -term staff in the near future after the resignations and terms that expire for the commissioners. The legislators in the Senate Agriculture Committee are scheduled to consider the Trump nomination of Brian Quintenz as president of CFTC on Tuesday.
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