Trump nominated Atkins to the post on January 20, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on April 9. Atkins most recently served as CEO of Patomak Global Partners, a company he founded in 2009.

Update: April 22 at 12:35am UTC: This story has been updated to include more details of Paul Atkins being sworn in as the SEC’s chair ... and confidence President Trump and the Senate have ...

Paul Atkins, who previously served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008 and was seen as a business-friendly lawyer, was sworn in on Monday as the SEC chairman, the ...

Speaking to Cointelegraph before the US Senate confirmed Atkins’ nomination ... next SEC chair: What’s next for the crypto industry Atkins, appointed by US President Donald Trump in what ...

President Donald Trump's nominee Paul Atkins sworn in as the 34th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Trump nominated Atkins to the post on January 20, and the U.S ...

April 22 (UPI) --Paul Atkins, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in what some say was ... Atkins will permanently replace the SEC's former chair, Gary Gensler, after being confirmed ...

Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI April 22 (UPI) --Paul Atkins, who was nominated ... whom Trump named as acting chair on Jan. 20, will return to his former role as the SEC commissioner.