Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission is the United States financial markets regulator, left with two sitting commissioners after Hester Peirce's October 2026 departure.
Chairman
Paul Atkins
Key facts
- Commissioners
- Left with only two sitting commissioners, Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda, after Peirce's departuresource
- Vacancy
- No successor named; confirmation timelines routinely run six to twelve monthssource
- Crypto posture
- Since January 2025 dropped several crypto enforcement actions and investigationssource
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