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SEC refines digital asset approach with Project Crypto

SEC Chair Paul Atkins
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US SEC’s Paul Atkins lays out a cryptocurrency taxonomy framework.

SEC chair Paul Atkins gave a speech on Wednesday outlining a more structured approach to categorizing different forms of cryptocurrency.

The SEC’s stance on crypto has softened since Atkins took over from Gary Gensler in April and a crypto task force was already in place in January, headed by Hester