Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Appears in 3 stories
SEC Chair (Republican) - Current chair, appointed 2025
Caroline Crenshaw walked out of the SEC on January 2, 2026, leaving the agency with three commissioners—all Republicans—for the first time in nearly two decades. She was the lone vote against Bitcoin ETFs, the single dissent on 13 crypto approvals, and the industry's most consistent obstacle. Her departure didn't just tilt the commission. It erased the opposition.
Updated Jan 5
SEC Chairman - Appeared for opening remarks at the Dec. 15 roundtable
The SEC spent years telling crypto: “We can’t see you, so we can’t trust you.” Now it’s hosting a public, recorded forum on the most explosive question in the space: how much visibility regulators should demand—and how much privacy Americans should keep.
Updated Dec 15, 2025
Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Overseeing a more crypto‑permissive but leverage‑constrained ETF regime
In late 2025, staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sent nearly identical warning letters to nine ETF issuers, including Direxion and ProShares, effectively freezing a wave of applications for 3x–5x leveraged ETFs tied to single stocks, sectors, and crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Citing Rule 18f‑4’s value‑at‑risk cap and insisting that the true, unleveraged underlying asset must be used as the “designated reference portfolio,” the staff signaled that new ETFs cannot legally target more than 200% exposure. The letters forced issuers either to withdraw or redesign products that sought ultra‑high leverage just as crypto markets reeled from an October–November crash and heavily leveraged products posted outsized losses.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
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