"Atkins is widely expected to lead a more crypto-friendly SEC than former chair Gary Gensler...
His confirmation was reportedly delayed due to several financial disclosures that he needed to file as a result of marrying into a billionaire family.
Some of those financial disclosures reportedly included up to $6 million worth of crypto-related investments, including crypto custody platform Anchorage Digital and blockchain tokenization platform Securitize."
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