SEC Chair Paul Atkins, arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 12, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Paul Atkins told lawmakers he’s eyeing a “sandbox-like environment” for entrepreneurs. The idea seems to align with a bipartisan Senate bill and the White House’s AI Action…
House Financial Services Republicans have had “preliminary discussions” with the OIG regarding its report on erased messages from ex-Chair Gary Gensler’s phone.
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Financial regulatory agencies would house AI innovation labs to test projects without “burdensome regulation or expectation of enforcement actions” under the bipartisan, bicameral bill.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins gives opening remarks at a roundtable with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force at agency headquarters on April 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The headquarters of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks with Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., before a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)