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Trump Nominates Paul Atkins to Lead Securities and Exchange Commission

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins as SEC Chair, signaling a shift toward fewer regulations and crypto-friendly policies.
Trump Nominates Paul Atkins to Lead Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul Atkins, former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 15, 2011. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the former SEC commissioner and finance veteran expected to take a crypto-friendly stance and push for fewer regulations under the Trump administration.

Trump made the announcement in a Dec. 4 post on Truth Social, in which he singled out Atkins’s past advocacy for lower regulatory burdens and greater financial innovation.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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