Key Takeaways President-elect Donald Trump has named Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission.Atkins, CEO of Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Patomak Global Partners, was an SEC Commissioner under former President George W.

By Lawrence Delevingne WASHINGTON Reuters) - U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), putting a traditional conservative and prominent Washington insider atop Wall Street's major regulator.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intend to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner,

The cryptocurrency-focused media outlet Unchained reports that Donald Trump has, according to three anonymous sources, tapped crypto-friendly Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkins is currently the chief executive of the strategy and risk management consulting agency Patomak Global Partners.

Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner with a pro-crypto slant, was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the regulatory agency.

Turning around the bloated agency left behind by Gary Gensler is an unattractive gig for former commissioner Atkins, said a person familiar with his thinking.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to crypto outlet Unchained. Assuming Atkins accepts the offer, crypto enthusiasts would have plenty of reason to rejoice.

President-elect Trump is reportedly set to pick crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC in the coming days. The former Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner currently serves on the advisory board for digital securities issuance platform Securitize.

The former SEC commissioner is expected to ease oversight, including on cryptocurrency firms.

President-elect Trump has nominated former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins to replace outgoing chair Gary Gensler when he departs on Inauguration Day.   “Paul is a

President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly picked pro-crypto Paul Atkins as the new chair for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to three sources familiar with the matter. This comes as the current chair Gary Gensler indicated he was stepping down from office effective January 20,