Financial regulations

Paul Atkins was sworn in as the new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is expected to bring a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach.

The department-store operator tied executives' cash bonuses to an earnings metric that turned out to be overstated by around $81 million in 2023.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to end its defense of the climate-related disclosure rule it approved last year under the Biden administration.

President Trump's nominee to lead the commission has yet to be confirmed, but the sweeping changes from his temporary stand-in are starting to pile up.

The House of Representatives passed a resolution to repeal the regulations that created reporting requirements for digital asset brokers using decentralized finance systems.

The agency nixed controversial staff crypto accounting guidance, which interim chief Mark Uyeda described as overstepping the normal procedures.

Trump signed an executive order undertaking a massive regulatory review to fulfill his campaign pledge of eliminating rules stifling businesses and innovation.

The order called for agencies including the SEC and the FTC to submit draft regulations for White House review before publication.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded a Staff Accounting Bulletin on safeguarding cryptocurrency assets that had been criticized by the industry and even by some of its own commissioners.

President Trump named Mark Uyeda, a Republican member of the SEC, as acting chairman as confirmation hearings await for Paul Atkins to succeed Gary Gensler.