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Paul Atkins wants to cement his vision for the crypto markets before political tides shift again in Washington. As the new chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, he’s moving quickly to “future-proof” SEC policies,  a push that could define how much freedom the crypto industry enjoys after President Donald Trump leaves office. In a conference hosted by the Managed Funds Association in New York on Tuesday, Atkins said the SEC would work quickly to adopt rules that could “future-proof” his agenda. He specifically referred to removing or weakening regulations on public and private markets, both of which could impact the cryptocurrency industry after Trump or Atkins leaves. “We have, I think, an amazing opportunity to get together and, in a can-do spirit, kind of create something that’s lasting,” said Atkins on US regulators collaborating. “My main concern is to future-proof this against future potential changes. What we have to do is to get things implemented, get things agreed, and then let the market work […]” On collaboration with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the SEC chair said: “As we go forward, especially with digital assets, the one thing that I am trying to warn people about is we can’t have two fortresses on either side of a no man’s land strip, because that no man’s land strip right now is littered with the corpses of would-be products that have gotten killed in the crossfire of the two agencies over the years.” Paul Atkins (right) speaking in New York on Tuesday. Source: Managed Funds Association Even before the US Senate confirmed Atkins as SEC chair in April, then-acting Chair Mark Uyeda had significantly changed the agency’s approach to digital assets by closing several investigations and cases against crypto companies and establishing a crypto task force under Commissioner Hester…

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