Paul Atkins, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. markets regulator), said lawmakers should send the CLARITY Act to President Trump to establish digital asset market structure legislation.
Paul Atkins, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. markets regulator), called on U.S. lawmakers to move forward with crypto market structure legislation, specifically urging Congress to send the CLARITY Act to President Trump. His statement frames the bill as an immediate legislative priority for the digital asset sector. Market structure legislation is generally intended to define how cryptocurrencies are classified and which agencies oversee trading, issuance, and related activities, an issue that has remained central to the U.S. crypto industry.