In his fourth day on the job, the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins took a pro-innovation stance on cryptocurrency in a marked departure from the prior administration’s enforcement-first approach. Speaking at the agency’s third Crypto Task Force roundtable on Friday (April...
The changing cryptocurrency landscape in the United States could have a downstream impact on how businesses move, hold, store and monetize payments. Paul S. Atkins was sworn into office as the 34th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday (April 21) after being...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly resisted a request from the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team at the agency to access staff emails, personnel data, contracts and payment systems. SEC leadership, including Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda, pushed back on the request, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that stablecoins, generally speaking, are not securities. That’s according to a statement from the regulator’s Division of Corporate Finance issued Friday (April 4), which means that these coins do not need to be registered with the commission. The...
April 22, 2025
The changing cryptocurrency landscape in the United States could have a downstream impact on how businesses move, hold, store and monetize payments. Paul S. Atkins was sworn into office as the 34th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday (April 21) after being confirmed by the Senate earlier this month. Atkins, who has […]
January 07, 2025
The 119th U.S. Congressional session has begun, and the digital asset sector is hoping there will soon be favorable and clear regulatory guardrails for cryptocurrency markets and stablecoins. During his...
December 17, 2024
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings from several card issuers offer up a mixed portrait of the U.S. consumer in November. Delinquency rates were lumpy, though down a bit from...
November 06, 2024
The price of bitcoin hit a new all-time high Wednesday (Nov. 6), and America elected a new president. The two are far from unrelated. Following the projected victory of Donal...
April 15, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly resisted a request from the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team at the agency to access staff emails, personnel data, contracts and payment systems. SEC leadership, including Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda, pushed back on the request, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 15), citing unnamed sources. It’s not clear why the DOGE team […]
April 06, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that stablecoins, generally speaking, are not securities. That’s according to a statement from the regulator’s Division of Corporate Finance issued Friday (April 4),...
April 03, 2025
The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday (April 3) to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, to the full Senate, which...
April 02, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will reportedly restructure its regional offices so that fewer people report directly to the agency’s enforcement director. Effective April 9, the SEC’s 10 hubs...
