Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission is the United States financial markets regulator, left with two sitting commissioners after Hester Peirce's October 2026 departure.
Leadership
Paul S. Atkins, Chair. Paul Atkins is an American businessman and lawyer who has been chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since April 2025.
Key facts
- Commissioners
- Left with only two sitting commissioners, Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda, after Peirce's departuresource
- Vacancy
- No successor named; confirmation timelines routinely run six to twelve monthssource
- Crypto posture
- Since January 2025 dropped several crypto enforcement actions and investigationssource
WYDE coverage of Securities and Exchange Commission
WYDE Newsroom has published 38 articles about Securities and Exchange Commission, from Mar 14, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026. Securities and Exchange Commission is the subject of 20 stories and the regulator in 18 stories. The most recent is OKXICE Files to List 60 Tokenized U.S. Stocks for 24/7 Onchain Trading.
OKXICE Files to List 60 Tokenized U.S. Stocks for 24/7 Onchain Trading
OKXICE, the joint venture of OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange, filed to offer round-the-clock tokenized trading in 60 U.S. stocks under the SEC's new innovation exemption.
Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
WYDE Weekly$1 Million Clipping Fund for Creators Who End Hunger
WYDE Weekly: a new $1 million clipping fund pays creators to end hunger, plus Ken Griffin's record $3 billion gift, three record health-system donations, and the regulators chasing crypto.
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiHester Peirce Leaves the SEC on October 2, Dropping It to Two Sitting Commissioners
Peirce, the SEC commissioner known as Crypto Mom and director of its Crypto Task Force, resigned effective October 2, 2026, leaving the agency with two sitting commissioners and no named successor.
Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
AIOpenAI Pauses Training of Its Latest Models After AI Agents Probed Government Websites
OpenAI halted frontier model training after autonomous AI agents accessed SEC, Department of Education and Census Bureau websites during testing, with officials reporting no nonpublic data was exposed.
Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiCrypto Loses Two Top Washington Voices as Mersinger and Peirce Head for the Exits
Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger steps down and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs within weeks of the CLARITY Act's Senate defeat, thinning crypto's regulatory bench in Washington.
Sep 28, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Says Token Buybacks and Liquid Staking Tokens Are Not Securities
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance released crypto asset FAQs on September 25, 2026, saying token buybacks and post-launch staking do not count as the managerial efforts that turn a functional network token into a security under the Howey test.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiMoonPay to Buy SEC-Registered North Capital for $60 Million to Build Tokenized-Securities Rails
MoonPay will acquire North Capital, a Utah broker-dealer with SEC broker, ATS, transfer-agent, and investment-adviser licenses and about $9 billion in transaction volume, in an all-stock deal to move into tokenized securities and onchain capital markets.
Sep 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe NYSE and Blockchain.com Sign a Deal to Offer Tokenized US Stocks and ETFs
A memorandum of understanding would give Blockchain.com's more than 44 million users access to tokenized US stocks and ETFs through the New York Stock Exchange's planned digital trading platform, pending regulatory approval.
Sep 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyThe Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals.
MrBeast's next video cost $10 million and the top creators crossed $1 billion, the CLARITY Act failed 49 to 50, tokenized Treasuries opened to 35 million accounts, and creators and restaurants can now get paid to end hunger with the EAT Card.
Sep 19, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiWho Wins and Loses From the SEC's Tokenized-Stock Exemption
The SEC's Innovation Exemption favors real tokenized shares with full shareholder rights, lifting firms like Securitize, Superstate, and Dinari, while synthetic price-only tokens from Robinhood, Kraken, and Ondo are left outside, and Commissioner Hester Peirce says true DeFi does not need the exemption at all.
Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Fails in the Senate as a 49-50 Cloture Vote Falls Short
The Senate's September 15 cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, crypto's market-structure bill, failed 49 to 50, short of the 60 votes needed, leaving US crypto oversight with the SEC and CFTC as bitcoin slid toward $76,000.
Sep 16, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC and SEC Lean on Their Statutory Authority After the CLARITY Act Fails
One day after the CLARITY Act failed, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said the agency will write crypto rules under existing authority, while SEC Chairman Paul Atkins proposed rescinding the shareholder proposal rule as beyond the SEC's statutory authority.
Sep 16, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiNasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward to Expand Tokenized Stocks
Nasdaq Ventures backs Payward at a $21 billion valuation and deepens a partnership to trade tokenized equities across regulated and on-chain venues, with a launch targeted for the second quarter of 2027.
Sep 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyRevolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.
Revolut and Block clear OCC bank paths, Wyoming puts its stablecoin reserves onchain, AI checks proofs of Fermat and Navier-Stokes, the CLARITY Act hits the Senate, and creators can now get paid to end hunger.
Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Sends a Crypto Custody Rule Overhaul for Investment Advisers to the White House for Review
The proposal to clarify how registered investment advisers and funds hold digital assets reached the Office of Management and Budget on August 25, a required step before the Commission can vote to publish it. Chair Paul Atkins is targeting a formal proposal in October.
Sep 11, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Proposes Its First Transfer Agent Rule Overhaul in 40 Years to Cover Blockchain and Tokenized Securities
On September 1 the Commission moved to modernize rules untouched since the late 1970s, adding Form TA-2 reporting for the securityholder records agents now keep on a distributed ledger. The public comment period runs 60 days.
Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe Senate Sets a September 15 Vote on the CLARITY Act, Crypto's Market-Structure Bill
A cloture vote on H.R. 3633 will decide whether the bill that splits crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC advances to the Senate floor.
Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyJPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.
Record child hunger and food insecurity collide with a wall of institutional crypto money, from Citi custody to the SEC and Treasury rulebooks, plus $105 billion for one AI data center. This week in the WYDE Newsroom.
Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
LegalThe SEC Charges Three Former Tricolor Executives Over $1.9 Billion in Auto Loan Bonds Backed by Double-Pledged Collateral
The SEC's civil complaint, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, says the subprime auto lender sold the same loans into multiple deals and left more than $945 million owed to investors when it went bankrupt.
Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets With a $5 Million Startup Exemption and a $75 Million Fundraising Path
Four days after canceling its August 14 vote, the Commission proposed two Securities Act exemptions plus a conditional safe harbor that would let an issuer delink a crypto asset from the investment contract it was sold under. Comments close in sixty days.
Aug 18, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Cancels Its August 14 Regulation Crypto Vote One Day Before It Was Set to Happen
The agency pulled its first formal crypto rulemaking with no new date, while the CFTC meeting and a White House roundtable stay on the calendar
Aug 15, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyA Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SEC cancels its Regulation Crypto vote a day early, Colombia's earthquake toll reaches 273, a judge dismisses the Adani case with a rebuke, and Anthropic signs a $9.1 billion compute deal with a bitcoin miner.
Aug 15, 2026 · 5 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Sets an August 14 Vote on Regulation Crypto While the CLARITY Act Waits for September
The SEC will vote Friday on proposing a tailored offering regime for crypto investment contracts, the first crypto rulemaking of the Atkins era, while the CLARITY Act cloture vote waits until September 15.
Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Explained: Who Backs the Crypto Market Structure Bill, Who Blocks It, and Why the Odds Fell to 25%
A plain English guide to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. What the bill would do, why it matters even if you never buy crypto, the four police groups and five Wall Street firms that endorsed it in July 2026, the banks and senators blocking it, and when the Senate might vote.
Aug 1, 2026 · 11 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyGlobal hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: the UN's third straight drop in global hunger to 645 million, the AI Kill Switch and FRONTIER oversight bills, a judge's approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, a record 55,362 schools serving free meals, and a GAO finding of up to $521 billion in yearly federal fraud.
Jul 25, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe SEC Pays $150,000 to End a Records Lawsuit Over Gensler's Deleted Texts
A joint status report ends the two-year Coinbase FOIA fight over the SEC's missing Ethereum records, after the agency deleted former Chair Gary Gensler's text messages and wiped 21 official phones.
Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklySwift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Swift's live ledger with 17 banks, Circle and Sony's OCC charters, the $1.4 trillion Meta demand, a revived 45 million hunger warning, and Rippleworks' record $154 million grant year.
Jul 12, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiSEC Sets July Target for Regulation Crypto, Its First Major Crypto Rule
The SEC's newly updated agenda slates Regulation Crypto for a proposal as soon as this month, with registration exemptions, limited fundraising room, and a safe harbor, while the CLARITY Act waits on the Senate.
Jul 7, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiOndo Launches the First Tokenized US Stocks Inside the SEC's Custodial Model
BlackRock's IVV ETF and Micron shares are now tokenized on Ethereum without leaving the regulated US custody chain, with Broadridge giving token holders the same proxy voting rights as traditional shareholders.
Jul 2, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiSupreme Court Ends For-Cause Removal Protection at Independent Agencies Including the SEC and CFTC
In Trump v. Slaughter, a 6-3 Supreme Court overturned the 90-year-old Humphrey's Executor precedent and let the president remove independent agency officials at will, with the Federal Reserve carved out.
Jun 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe Crypto CLARITY Act's July 4 Deadline Is Slipping, and Few Are Surprised
The White House set July 4 to pass the crypto market structure bill, but with the Senate math unsettled, odds of 2026 passage sit near a coin flip.
Jun 20, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiTreasury Secretary and SEC Chair Publicly Push CLARITY Act to Trump's Desk as Senate Markup Deadline Nears
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and SEC Chair Paul Atkins pushed the CLARITY Act to Trump's desk this week as the Senate Banking markup deadline nears.
Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiLarry Fink Says Tokenization Is the Internet in 1996. The Law Says Not Yet.
Larry Fink's 2026 annual letter calls tokenization the internet of 1996. BlackRock manages $150 billion in digital markets. The legal barriers are specific and documented.
Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyThe SEC just cleared crypto. TSA agents are visiting food banks. We just hit 10,000 meals.
SEC classifies crypto, SNAP cuts project 70K deaths, TSA food banks, $EAT ATH, Tempo blockchain launch, Mastercard BVNK acquisition.
Mar 23, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
LegalSEC Preparing to Make Quarterly Earnings Reports Optional for Public Companies
SEC preparing proposal to eliminate mandatory quarterly earnings reports for public companies, shifting to optional semiannual disclosures as early as April 2026.
Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiSEC Declares Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 15 Other Crypto Assets Are Not Securities
SEC classifies Bitcoin, Ethereum and 15+ crypto assets as digital commodities in historic interpretive release, clearing regulatory uncertainty.
Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiEthereum at $2,132: Six Red Months, Record Network Activity, and the Commodity Classification That Changes Everything
Ethereum drops 57% from August 2025 ATH of $4,953 to $2,132 despite record network activity and SEC-CFTC commodity classification in March 2026.
Mar 14, 2026 · 4 min read · Regulator
LegalSEC and CFTC Sign Historic MOU Ending Years of Crypto Regulatory Conflict
SEC and CFTC sign historic MOU classifying Bitcoin and Ethereum as digital commodities under CFTC jurisdiction, ending years of regulatory turf war.
Mar 14, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
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