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Door Remote - 17 Sep 2026
After that loss in the Senate, Atkins posted on Wednesday on the social media site X that his agency "will act decisively within the SEC's statutory authority to deliver certainty for American investors and for the entrepreneurs shaping our technological future."
"Stay tuned," he’d said, before following up a day later with the long-awaited exemption.
The SEC already issued the first major proposal for a new crypto rule last month in a regulation meant to clear a path for crypto offerings without triggering certain oversight demands as securities.
Then, the agency on Sep. 1 proposed the first major overhaul of transfer-agent rules in four decades, explicitly accommodating blockchain-based recordkeeping of securities ownership.
On Thursday, Atkins' agency is also set to host a roundtable on around-the-clock trading — a concept native to the crypto industry but a potential revolution for traditional firms.
It's not yet clear whether the regulator will one day have a U.S. crypto law that backs up its tokenization approach, which currently relies on the SEC's power to exempt narrowly defined businesses from the full force of its regulations.
For now, Atkins and his two fellow Republican commissioners are tapping the extent of the agency's authorities, though any policies set up that way could one day be reversed in much the same way.
"Stay tuned," he’d said, before following up a day later with the long-awaited exemption.
The SEC already issued the first major proposal for a new crypto rule last month in a regulation meant to clear a path for crypto offerings without triggering certain oversight demands as securities.
Then, the agency on Sep. 1 proposed the first major overhaul of transfer-agent rules in four decades, explicitly accommodating blockchain-based recordkeeping of securities ownership.
On Thursday, Atkins' agency is also set to host a roundtable on around-the-clock trading — a concept native to the crypto industry but a potential revolution for traditional firms.
It's not yet clear whether the regulator will one day have a U.S. crypto law that backs up its tokenization approach, which currently relies on the SEC's power to exempt narrowly defined businesses from the full force of its regulations.
For now, Atkins and his two fellow Republican commissioners are tapping the extent of the agency's authorities, though any policies set up that way could one day be reversed in much the same way.