{"id":67451,"date":"2026-01-13T06:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67451"},"modified":"2026-01-13T06:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:47:29","slug":"sec-chair-big-week-for-crypto-as-congress-eyes-market-structure-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67451","title":{"rendered":"SEC Chair: \u2018Big Week For Crypto\u2019 As Congress Eyes Market Structure Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big week for crypto \u2013 Congress is on the cusp of upgrading our financial markets for the 21st century,\u201d said Atkins on Fox Business on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The market structure bill \u201cfits in with the President\u2019s focus on making America the crypto capital of the world, so if you have clear legislation and clear rules, then you have certainty in the marketplace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re behind it, we\u2019re very bullish on the effects of the bill getting to the President to be signed this year, and I think that will be a huge help to the crypto marketplace and investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Clarity is Key For Markets<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing we can do right now for investors is bring crypto asset markets out of the regulatory gray zone,\u201d the SEC chair said on X following the interview.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/us-lawmaker-warns-more-ftx-style-crashes-coming-without-crypto-clarity\/\">passing<\/a> bipartisan market structure legislation will \u201chelp us future-proof against rogue regulators,\u201d in an apparent swipe at previous SEC leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs David Sacks mentioned, the President has created a financial services regulatory dream team, and I am eager to work with my counterpart at the CFTC, Michael Selig, and across the Administration to implement this monumental legislation in the coming months and years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a big week for crypto \u2013 Congress is on the cusp of upgrading our financial markets for the 21st century.<br \/>\nI am wholly supportive of Congress providing clarity on the jurisdictional split between the SEC and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFTC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CFTC<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NtDWRW85kL\">pic.twitter.com\/NtDWRW85kL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Atkins (@SECPaulSAtkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SECPaulSAtkins\/status\/2010850477529821664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Matt_Hougan\/status\/2010841027800895514\">described<\/a> the CLARITY Act as the \u201cPunxsutawney Phil of this crypto winter.\u201d\u00a0Punxsutawney Phil is a famous groundhog that predicts the weather on February 2 in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf it sticks its head out but fails in Congress, the winter could continue. If instead it passes and is signed into law, we\u2019re heading to new all-time highs,\u201d said Hougan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bitcoin ATH If Approved<\/h2>\n<p>Thursday, January 15, is the date that the US Senate has <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/crypto-market-structure-bill-close-to-passing-senator-lummis\/\">slated<\/a> for markup of the Act, with the process involving aligning drafts in the Senate Banking and Agriculture committees and pushing the final bill to a vote in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>MN Fund co-founder Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoMichNL\/status\/2010827878750212373\">commented<\/a> that a lot of people \u201cunderestimate the significance of the CLARITY Act for the entire industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GENIUS Act, which regulates stablecoins, has been a \u201cmarket decider,\u201d however, the CLARITY Act \u201cis that in square,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely the biggest event, already in January, and can decide the entire direction of the ecosystem for the entire year 2026. If positive, Bitcoin towards a new ATH is not far away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>BTC was down on the day at the time of writing, trading around $91,200, down 28% from its all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/sec-chair-big-week-for-crypto-as-congress-eyes-market-structure-vote\/\">SEC Chair: \u2018Big Week For Crypto\u2019 As Congress Eyes Market Structure Vote<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is a big week for crypto \u2013 Congress is on the cusp of upgrading our financial markets for the 21st century,\u201d said Atkins on Fox Business on Monday. The market structure bill \u201cfits in with the President\u2019s focus on making America the crypto capital of the world, so if you have clear legislation and [&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-67451","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\/67451","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=67451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}