With Paul Atkins as the incoming SEC Chair, David Sacks as the AI & Crypto Czar, and potential CFTC leadership changes, the Trump administration is signaling a major shift for crypto, AI, and financial regulation.
Guests Mike Selig and Jake Chervinsky break down what this means for token launches, enforcement actions, inter-agency collaboration, and the fate of Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Could this mark the end of the U.S.’s regulatory hostility toward innovation?
Show highlights:
- 02:18-What changes to expect under an Atkins-led SEC
- 08:58-Who could lead the SEC in the period between Gensler resigning and Atkins assuming
- 11:54-Whether the Democrats will nominate SEC Commissioner Crenshaw again
- 15:50-Elizabeth Warren's influence on the non-Republican SEC commissioner picks
- 23:39-Whether Atkins’ leadership at the SEC might shift crypto regulation away from aggressive enforcement
- 28:26-Whether Gensler’s recent promotion of people in enforcement roles will further his SEC’s regulation-by-enforcement strategy
- 38:52-Whether the SEC and Coinbase will reach a settlement
- 41:47-Why Mike and Jake think it’s not likely that the SEC will pursue litigation in the Ripple case
- 46:03-How the SEC might clarify securities laws around token sales, airdrops, and exemptions
- 55:14-Whether Atkins’ leadership could fast-track Hester Peirce’s Safe Harbor
- 59:53-How the CFTC's potential lead on crypto regulation might redefine how it splits duties with the SEC
- 1:03:03-Whether it even makes sense to have two financial regulatory agencies
- 1:11:00-Who might lead the CFTC
- 1:13:59-Why Jake and Mike believe combining AI and crypto under one ‘czar’ makes sense
- 1:20:31-How the appointment of Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary will affect the crypto industry
- 1:25:47-How the likely end to Operation Chokepoint 2.0 will create a “sea change”
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