SEC leadership transition marks Gensler's departure; Atkins to lead with pro-business focus, especially in crypto regulation.

Over the weekend, the United States President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, launched memecoins just ahead of the much-anticipated inauguration event. The events have sent the crypto community into a tailspin.

President Donald Trump has elevated Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda to take over the SEC from a now-departed Gary Gensler.

The SEC rolled out a new crypto task force on Tuesday, aimed at helping "draw clear regulatory lines" in the space, the agency said.

The SEC’s statement regarding the commission doesn’t really provide much insight into what it will seek to do, other than “provide clarity” on the rules regulating the crypto industry. It will likely achieve that by just stripping back those rules altogether,

There has been a wave of crypto ETF filings after Gary Gensler stepped down, including requests to launch DOGE, BONK and TRUMP ETFs.

The avalanche of cases announced Friday included charges against a no-longer registered advisor and firm accused of misappropriating more than $20 million from clients.

"Arbitrary" and "capricious" will forever characterize Gary Gensler's tenure at the helm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a couple of words used in two crucial rebukes by U.S. courts. Why it matters: The former Goldman partner and veteran regulator established the crypto industry as enemy number one from the outset of his term in 2021.

Gary Gensler exits the SEC, leaving a legacy of investor-focused reforms and controversial crypto enforcement.

The newly inaugurated Trump White House taps the contrarian commissioner as temporary head amid a slew of walk-outs from the agency.

Bitcoin passed the $100,000 mark for the first time just last December. Could this be the year crypto goes mainstream?

Pro-crypto Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda has been appointed the acting Chairman of the SEC following Donald Trump's inauguration. In a notice on Monday, the White House listed the individuals assigned by President Donald Trump to lead in various capacities of the new government. The list included Uyeda, who became an SEC Commissioner in 2022.