{"id":3672,"date":"2024-12-03T20:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:18:46","slug":"paul-atkins-reportedly-tapped-for-sec-chair-under-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Paul Atkins Reportedly Tapped For SEC Chair Under Trump Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former SEC Commissioner <strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong> has surfaced as a top contender to succeed Gary Gensler as chair of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/42131449\/with-gary-gensler-preparing-to-quit-in-2025-secs-crypto-cases-likely-to-quietly-go-away-amid-trumps-pro-bitcoin-stance-says-pantera-capitals-katrina-paglia\">Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>With his reputation for regulatory pragmatism and extensive experience, Atkins is seen as a potential game-changer for the financial services industry, particularly for the crypto sector.<\/p>\n<p>Atkins, founder and CEO of Patomak Global Partners, a consulting firm specializing in risk management and regulatory compliance, is reportedly hesitant to accept the role.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Atkins\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2024\/12\/03\/trumps-top-sec-chair-pick-paul-atkins-reluctant-to-take-job-source\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Coindesk that his reluctance stems from the significant effort required to reform what he sees as a bloated and mismanaged agency under Gensler&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>His reluctance aligns with sentiments expressed by former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair <strong>Chris Giancarlo<\/strong>, who has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/42221726\/crypto-dad-chris-giancarlo-advocates-for-passing-crypto-regulation-from-the-sec-to-another-commission-heres-why\"> publicly advocated for Atkins<\/a> but previously declined to pursue the position himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His breadth of experience, proven leadership, as well as commitment to innovation should bring &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42300549\/paul-atkins-reportedly-tapped-for-sec-chair-under-trump-administration\" alt=\"Paul\" atkins reportedly tapped for sec chair under trump administration>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins has surfaced as a top contender to succeed Gary Gensler as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). What Happened: With his reputation for regulatory pragmatism and extensive experience, Atkins is seen as a potential game-changer for the financial services industry, particularly for the crypto sector. Atkins, founder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}