Catenaa, Friday, April 03, 2025- The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, moving one step closer to reshaping the country’s top Wall Street regulator.  The vote, split strictly along party lines at 13-11, also advanced Trump’s nominees for key financial […]

Catenaa, Thursday, April 10, 2025-The US Senate voted yesterday (09) to confirm Paul Atkins as the new Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ushering in a regulatory era expected to favor the cryptocurrency industry. Atkins, a former SEC commissioner under President George W. Bush and founder of financial consulting firm Patomak Global Partners, […]

Catenaa, Tuesday, April22, 2025-Paul Atkins, a longtime crypto proponent, was officially sworn in Monday as the 34th chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), marking a major leadership shift that could pave the way for more industry-friendly digital asset regulation. Atkins, nominated by President Donald Trump in January and confirmed by the Senate […]

Catenaa, Friday, March 21, 2025-The US Senate will hold a confirmation hearing for Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s nominee for chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on March 27. The hearing, led by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, will also include nominees Jonathan Gould for Comptroller of the Currency […]

Catenaa, Friday, March 28, 2025- US senators grilled SEC chair nominee Paul Atkins about his past consulting ties to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and criticized the agency’s handling of crypto regulation.  During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Chair Tim Scott questioned Atkins about SEC missteps, including the controversial Debt Box case. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed […]