President-elect Trump tapped former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins to chair the agency. Atkins is a crypto proponent and has called the lack of regulatory clarity around crypto a “fundamental underlying issue” that the SEC needs to address. Trump said in a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination that Atkins “recognizes that digital assets & other innovations are crucial to Making America Greater than Ever Before.” The Digital Chamber and other crypto advocates celebrated the announcement, as Atkins is expected to steer the SEC as it embarks on what is expected to be a new deregulatory age.