{"id":47356,"date":"2025-09-13T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47356"},"modified":"2025-09-13T09:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:01:40","slug":"cryptos-time-has-come-sec-chair-outlines-vision-for-on-chain-markets-and-agentic-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47356","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Crypto\u2019s Time Has Come\u2019: SEC Chair Outlines Vision for On-Chain Markets and Agentic Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said crypto\u2019s time has come, pledging to modernize the U.S. securities rulebook and expand \u201cProject Crypto\u201d to bring markets on-chain.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Paris<\/a> on Sept. 10 at the OECD\u2019s inaugural Roundtable on Global Financial Markets, Atkins said the SEC is shifting away from enforcement-driven policymaking and will provide clear rules for tokens, custody, and trading platforms. \u201cPolicy will no longer be set by ad hoc enforcement actions,\u201d he said, calling the new approach \u201ca golden age of financial innovation on U.S. soil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atkins said most tokens are not securities and promised bright-line rules for determining when crypto assets fall under SEC oversight. He said entrepreneurs must be able to raise capital on-chain without \u201cendless legal uncertainty\u201d and pledged a framework for platforms that integrate trading, lending, and staking under one license. Custody rules will also be updated to allow investors and intermediaries multiple options.<\/p>\n

The SEC chair said Project Crypto would clear the way for tokenized securities, new on-chain asset classes, and decentralized finance software, while ensuring investor protections. He also highlighted the potential for \u201csuper-app\u201d trading platforms and stressed the importance of keeping innovation in the United States.<\/p>\n

Atkins first unveiled<\/a> Project Crypto on July 31, 2025, in Washington, framing it as the SEC\u2019s \u201cnorth star\u201d in supporting President Trump\u2019s goal of making the U.S. the world\u2019s crypto hub. His Paris remarks expanded on that agenda, outlining more details on custody, capital formation, and platform rules.<\/p>\n

Atkins\u2019 remarks came two days after Nasdaq President Tal Cohen posted on LinkedIn<\/a> that tokenization is an \u201cextraordinary opportunity\u201d for global markets. Cohen said Nasdaq had filed with the SEC to enable trading of tokenized securities, underscoring how major institutions are moving toward blockchain adoption.<\/p>\n

Beyond crypto, Atkins addressed foreign company listings, accounting standards, and European regulation. He raised concerns over \u201cdouble materiality\u201d in EU reporting laws, urged stable funding for the IASB, and said the SEC may revisit its 2007 decision to allow IFRS without reconciliation to U.S. GAAP if funding issues persist.<\/p>\n

The SEC chair also highlighted artificial intelligence as a force that could fundamentally reshape financial markets. He described a shift toward \u201cagentic finance,\u201d where autonomous AI systems could execute trades, allocate capital, and manage risk at speeds no human can match, with compliance embedded directly into their code. <\/p>\n

Such systems, he said, could deliver faster and cheaper markets while opening advanced strategies to a broader set of investors. Coupled with blockchain infrastructure, these tools could empower individuals, increase competition, and unlock new growth. <\/p>\n

Atkins cautioned, however, that regulators must provide \u201ccommonsense guardrails\u201d without overreacting out of fear. He argued that on-chain capital markets and AI-driven finance are on the horizon, and that America must choose leadership to ensure the next generation of financial innovation takes root at home.<\/p>\n

Atkins concluded by saying regulators must strike a balance between innovation and investor protection. \u201cCrypto\u2019s time has come,\u201d he said, adding that U.S. markets should lead the next wave of financial innovation rather than watching it unfold overseas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said crypto\u2019s time has come, pledging to modernize the U.S. securities rulebook and expand \u201cProject Crypto\u201d to bring markets on-chain. Speaking in Paris on Sept. 10 at the OECD\u2019s inaugural Roundtable on Global Financial Markets, Atkins said the SEC is shifting away from enforcement-driven policymaking and will provide clear rules […]<\/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-47356","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\/47356","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=47356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}