{"id":72014,"date":"2026-02-11T20:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72014"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:01:37","slug":"sec-chair-says-us-should-be-crypto-capital-of-world-as-democrats-slam-him-for-binance-trump-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72014","title":{"rendered":"SEC Chair Says US Should Be &#8216;Crypto Capital Of World&#8217; As Democrats Slam Him For Binance, Trump Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SEC Chair <strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong> said the U.S. \u201ccan and should be the crypto capital of the world\u201d during a House hearing on Wednesday, where Democrats accused him of eroding trust by dismissing cases against crypto firms tied to President Trump.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Crypto Capital Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Atkins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cointelegraph\/status\/2021649293946364164\">told<\/a> the House Financial Services Committee that achieving Trump\u2019s goal of making the U.S. the crypto capital requires a framework that makes sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Traditional SEC rules \u201care not really fit for purpose\u201d and created marketplace uncertainty, driving the need for the Clarity Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure people know the rules of the road and can abide by it,\u201d Atkins said, emphasizing the SEC must work closely with the CFTC to avoid gaps in oversight while giving innovators clarity.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Democratic Attack<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Stephen Lynch<\/strong> (D-MA) <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/357766\/not-good-crypto-lawmakers-slam-sec-chair-easing-industry-policing\">told<\/a> Atkins that \u201cpeople are losing trust\u201d in both the SEC and crypto industry. \u201cThis is not good for crypto, it\u2019s certainly not &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50557183\/sec-chair-says-us-should-be-crypto-capital-of-world-as-democrats-slam-him-for-binance-trump?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"SEC\" chair says us should be capital of world as democrats slam him for binance trump ties>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the U.S. \u201ccan and should be the crypto capital of the world\u201d during a House hearing on Wednesday, where Democrats accused him of eroding trust by dismissing cases against crypto firms tied to President Trump. The Crypto Capital Vision Atkins told the House Financial Services Committee that achieving Trump\u2019s goal [&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-72014","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\/72014","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=72014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}