Paul S. Atkins
Paul S. Atkins is the 34th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, sworn into office on April 21, 2025. He previously served as an SEC Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 under President George W. Bush and founded the regulatory compliance consulting firm Patomak Global Partners in 2009. He is known for advocating reduced regulatory burdens and for his prior work developing best practices for the digital asset sector, including serving as co-chair of the Token Alliance.
“The SEC's proposed rescission of Rule 206(4)-5 removes a 16-year-old federal guardrail against fund managers buying influence with elected officials who oversee pension money”
“Currently we have a great SEC chairman, Paul Atkins, and if we could be sure that Paul Atkins and a person like Paul Atkins was always at the SEC forever, we wouldn't necessarily need legislation because they're already in the process of implementing much better rules.”
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