# SEC Chair Paul Atkins Calls the Agency's Regulation Crypto Assets Proposal Its Most Historic Step Yet

Atkins also predicted the CLARITY Act would pass this month, tying an agency rulemaking that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) controls to a statute it does not.

- Published: 2026-09-03T05:55:38.226Z
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- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/sec-chair-predict-clarity-act-passage), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2026/09/02/crypto-made-new-friends-in-u-s-primaries-but-focus-now-shifts-to-general-election)

Paul Atkins, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), described the agency's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal as "our most historic step yet to cement America as the Crypto Capital of the World," a line circulated widely o…

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