SEC ends ‘regulation through enforcement,’ calls tokenization 'innovation'

In a media interview, Chair Paul Atkins pledged to empower businesses to innovate through tokenization.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now sees tokenization as an “innovation” to be encouraged in the marketplace, according to Chair Paul Atkins, who pointed to a clear regulatory shift since former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure ended.

“Tokenization is an innovation,” Atkins said in a CNBC interview on Wednesday. “And we at the SEC should be focused on how do we advance innovation in the marketplace.”

Atkins contrasted his approach to crypto regulation with his predecessors, saying the SEC had previously hindered innovation through vague laws and “regulation through enforcement.”

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