Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins recently unveiled the launch of a sweeping regulatory modernization plan—“Project Crypto”—aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s vision of making America the “crypto capital of the world.” The initiative marks a significant shift from the SEC’s previous enforcement-driven  approach toward one that encourages innovation within a fit-for-purpose market-structure framework. 

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...