SEC Chairman Releases Statement on Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has released a statement announcing that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (part of the Office of Management and Budget) has issued the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Mr. Atkins notes that the current items on the SEC’s agenda “represent the Commission's renewed focus on supporting innovation, capital formation, market efficiency, and investor protection.” He points out that the SEC’s agenda priorities include:

• Proposed crypto asset rulemaking that is intended to “help clarify the regulatory framework for crypto assets and provide greater certainty to the market.”
• Proposals that aim to “reduce compliance burdens and facilitate capital formation, including by simplifying pathways for raising capital and investor access to private businesses.”
• Planned rulemaking (i.e., currently in the “prerule” stage) that would request feedback on the continuing effectiveness of the consolidated audit trail.
• Withdrawal of certain items that are not consistent with the objectives of the current presidential administration.