SEC ready to issue crypto rules if Congress doesn't pass CLARITY Act, Chair Atkins says

SEC ready to issue crypto rules if Congress doesn't pass CLARITY Act, Chair Atkins says

SEC Chair Atkins says the agency will issue its own crypto rules if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, though legislative action remains preferred. A compressed Senate schedule threatens the bill's passage, shifting regulatory certainty from statute to SEC/CFTC rulemaking by 2026.