Atkins is an outspoken supporter of crypto, unlike the current chair Gary Gensler.

Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.”

By Lawrence Delevingne WASHINGTON Reuters) - U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would nominate Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), putting a traditional conservative and prominent Washington insider atop Wall Street's major regulator.