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  • SEC Chair Paul Atkins has distanced himself from his December 2025 remarks that suggested regulatory relief for certain crypto products, such as tokenised equities and DeFi, could come into effect in January 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Atkins was more wishy-washy on Thursday, saying the situation is now more complex, with many \u201cmoving parts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • His remarks come just days after the SEC\u2019s crypto taskforce met with Wall Street leaders opposed to moves granting crypto-specific regulatory relief.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Securities and Exchange Commission Chair (SEC), Paul Atkins, appeared to distance himself from earlier comments signalling a broad crypto innovation exemption in remarks made on Thursday. Atkins\u2019 changed stance comes just days after the SEC\u2019s crypto task force met with Wall Street leaders who aired their concerns around the planned regulatory carve-outs.<\/p>\n

    The proposed exemption would see crypto firms offering specific types of products and services \u2014 such as DeFi and tokenised equities \u2014 guaranteed protection from enforcement action by the SEC.<\/p>\n

    In December 2025, Atkins said he expected the exemption to be active before the end of January 2026, despite the lengthy government shutdown and delays in the passage of the crypto market structure legislation known as CLARITY Act.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe have enough authority to drive forward, I\u2019m looking forward to having an innovation exemption, we\u2019ll be able to get that out in a month or so,\u201d Atkins told NBC\u2019s Squawkbox on December 2.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe\u2019re on track and we\u2019ll be able to forge forward in the crypto area and make sure that we are able to embrace this new area of innovation that for too long the United States has basically just pushed back against,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

    Now though, Atkins\u2019 \u2018forging forward\u2019 looks more like a regulatory holding pattern. At a crypto event held Thursday featuring leaders from both the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Atkins was asked when we might see the exemption put in place.<\/p>\n

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    We\u2019re still working on that, obviously. We need to measure twice and cut once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    \n Paul Atkins, SEC Chair <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Atkins also suggested the delay in the passage of the CLARITY Act is now impacting the SEC\u2019s ability to move forward on the exemption.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt would be nice to see direction from Congress,\u201d the SEC Chair said.<\/p>\n

    When asked directly if the SEC now plans to wait for Congress to pass the CLARITY Act before moving on the exemption, Atkins gave another vague response, saying \u201cnot necessarily\u2026there are a lot of moving parts to the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Related: SEC Chair Says US Could Consider Venezuela Bitcoin Seizure If Opportunity Arises<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Wall Street Opposes Crypto-specific Exemptions<\/h2>\n

    Part of the reason for Atkins\u2019 weaker language around the crypto innovation exemption is likely opposition from Wall Street, which fears such regulatory carve-outs could destabilise the broader US economy and benefit crypto at the expense of their own businesses.<\/p>\n

    On Tuesday this week, representatives from Wall Street giants JP Morgan, Citadel and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) met with the SEC\u2019s crypto taskforce to discuss the crypto-specific regulatory exemption, according to SEC records.<\/p>\n

    The records show that the TradFi firms warned that broad regulatory relief granted to large swathes of the crypto industry could potentially harm the US economy.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBroad exemptions for tokenized trading activities could undermine investor protection and lead to market disruptions,\u201d meeting materials submitted by SIFMA argued.<\/p>\n

    Related: Analyst: Gold\u2019s Surge Signals a Trust Crisis \u2013 and Crypto\u2019s Moment<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The meeting materials also highlighted the October 10, 2025, flash crash of the crypto market, in which a record US$19 billion (AU$27b) was liquidated in just a few hours \u2014 warning that similar instability could impact the wider financial system if crypto firms are allowed to trade tokenised equities without strict regulatory oversight from the SEC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Regulation,SEC#SEC #Chair #Walks #Timeline #Sweeping #Crypto #Exemptions #Wall #Street #Pushback1769760816<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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