“He believes in the promise of robust, innovative capital markets that are responsive to the needs of Investors, & that provide capital to make our Economy the best in the World. He also recognizes that digital assets & other innovations are crucial to Making America Greater than Ever Before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Eh, that’s a pretty vanilla pick. Like, not another Gaetz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_S._Atkins
He was in a closely-associated spot under Bush Senior, Clinton, and Bush Junior administrations.
Sure, he’s not Sam Bankman Fried. That said he headed the SEC during a deregulatory period that finished with the 2007-8 crisis. And he advocates for capital markets deregulation today.