The Trump administration is bringing significant personnel and policy changes across the federal government’s financial regulators. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order putting agencies and regulators—such as the Securities and Exchange Commission—under direct presidential oversight.
Cryptocurrency regulation is already undergoing a significant change in enforcement priorities. The Trump administration appears to have reversed the SEC’s course on aggressively pursuing crypto market participants as part of the president’s promise to make the US the “world capital” of crypto.
Originally published in Bloomberg Law - April 29, 2025.
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