特朗普的選擇領導SEC，保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）承諾在加密貨幣上有不同的方向

美國證券交易委員會的前成員保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）是唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統聘請該機構的經營權，他向該機構保證了過去四年的加密貨幣機構的不同指導，儘管在周四的確認聽證會上，他並沒有對大型數字資產問題提出要求。

Paul Atkins, former member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency, promised a different direction for the agency on crypto from the last four years, though he wasn't pressed with big-picture digital assets questions during a Thursday confirmation hearing.

美國證券交易委員會（SEC）的前成員保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）和唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統領導該機構，他承諾從過去四年開始為該機構的加密貨幣機構提供不同的指導，儘管在周四的確認聽證會上，他並沒有在周四的確認聽證會上提出大型數字資產問題。

Now that Trump has secured the cabinet-level echelon of his government, the White House is working on shepherding top agency chiefs through the Senate confirmation process. While many of the crypto headlines are coming from the administration and Congress these days, those running the regulatory agencies will ultimately be the ones writing the regulations the industry will have to conform with.

既然特朗普已經確保了他政府的內閣級梯隊，白宮正在通過參議院確認程序為高級機構負責人提供服務。儘管這些天的許多加密標題來自政府和國會，但管理監管機構的人最終將是撰寫該行業必須遵守的法規的人。

Atkins is hoping to take over from ex-Chair Gary Gensler, whose years at the agency established him as the digital assets sector's most prominent nemesis. But Trump's nominee is already positioning himself in stark contrast to Gensler, who criticized the industry's history with swindlers and contended that current securities law was sufficient to treat much of the space as if it were in active violation of registration requirements.

阿特金斯（Atkins）希望接任前椅子加里·加斯勒（Gary Gensler），他在該機構的歲月將他確立為數字資產部門最傑出的仇恨。但是，特朗普的提名人已經將自己定位在與加斯勒（Gensler）形成鮮明對比的情況下，後者批評了該行業的歷史，並爭辯說，當前的證券法足以對待大部分空間，就好像它在積極違反了註冊要求一樣。

"A top priority of my chairmanship will be to work with my fellow commissioners and Congress to provide a firm regulatory foundation for digital assets through a rational, coherent, and principled approach," Atkins said in his prepared testimony for Thursday.

阿特金斯在周四的準備證詞中說：“我的主席的重中之重是與我的同事和國會合作，通過合理，連貫和有原則的方法為數字資產提供堅定的監管基金會。”

Senator Tim Scott, the South Carolina Republican who chairs the committee, said Atkins will "provide long-overdue clarity for digital assets."

委員會主席的南卡羅來納州共和黨參議員蒂姆·斯科特（Tim Scott）表示，阿特金斯（Atkins）將“為數字資產提供長期的清晰度。”

But even before the hearing began, Atkins was being slammed by Senator Elizabether Warren, the Massachusetts lawmaker who is the committee's ranking Democrat, who registered doubt about his ability to be impartial to the digital assets sector he's served as an adviser.

但是，甚至在聽證會開始之前，阿特金斯（Atkins）被馬薩諸塞州議員伊麗莎白·沃倫（Elizabether Warren）參議員抨擊，他是委員會的排名民主黨，他對他曾擔任顧問的數字資產部門的公正能力表示懷疑。

At the hearing table beside Atkins, Gould made his case for taking over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulator for national banks. The OCC has been a significant player in the digital assets sector's campaign against U.S. banking oversight that's pressured banks to keep the industry at an arm's length. Crypto firms and insiders have struggled to maintain banking relationships and have argued that the regulators authored that "debanking" strain.

在阿特金斯（Atkins）旁邊的聽證桌上，古爾德（Gould）提出了接管國家銀行監管機構的審計長辦公室的理由。 OCC一直是數字資產行業針對美國銀行業務的競選活動中的重要參與者，這對銀行的壓力使該行業保持一定距離。加密公司和內部人士一直在努力維持銀行關係，並認為監管機構撰寫了“撤銷”壓力。

The first question to Gould was on that situation, with Scott asking whether he'd commit to reversing that previous stance, to which Gould responded, "absolutely."

古爾德的第一個問題是在這種情況下，斯科特詢問他是否承諾扭轉古爾德回答“絕對”的先前立場。

For the crypto industry, Atkins' responses on crypto matters are potentially more urgent. But he wasn't questioned on his views about next steps for cryptocurrency oversight, nor about the legislative efforts poised to remake U.S. crypto policy.

對於加密行業來說，阿特金斯對加密事務的回應可能更加緊迫。但是，他沒有對他對加密貨幣監督的下一步措施的看法，也沒有提出對製定美國加密政策的立法努力的質疑。

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At one point, Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana raised the topic of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who he said looks like a "fourth runner-up in a John Belushi lookalike contest," and asked Atkins whether the SEC appropriately looked into SBF's parents for their involvement in his fraudulent activities.

有一次，路易斯安那州的共和黨參議員約翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）提出了前FTX首席執行官山姆·班克曼（Sam Bankman Fried）的話題，他說他看起來像是“約翰·貝魯什（John Belushi）的外觀類似比賽中的第四名亞軍”，並詢問阿特金斯（Atkins）是否適當地調查了SBF的父母在他的欺詐性活動中的參與。

"I look forward to getting to the SEC to find out what happened," Atkins said. "Like you, I'm concerned about those reports."

阿特金斯說：“我期待到SEC找出發生的事情。” “像你一樣，我擔心這些報告。”

But Kennedy took it further, suggesting a lack of accountability that signals "two standards for law and punishment" in the U.S.

但是肯尼迪進一步採取了進一步的責任，表明缺乏責任，表明美國的“法律和懲罰標準”

"I don't think the SEC has done a damn thing," Kennedy said. "They're crooks!" he shouted. "And I expect the SEC to do something about it."

肯尼迪說：“我認為SEC沒有做出該死的事情。” “他們是騙子！”他大喊。 “而且我希望SEC對此有所作為。”

Few other senators delved into wider crypto matters, and those that may have been expected to, such as Senator Cynthia Lummis, weren't present. The hearing only lasted two hours and included four nominees for various offices, causing some Democrats to lament that this wasn't enough time to speak with each person.

很少有其他參議員深入研究更廣泛的加密事務，而那些可能會被期望的人，例如參議員辛西婭·盧米斯（Cynthia Lummis）。聽證會只持續了兩個小時，包括四個提名的各個辦公室，使一些民主黨人哀嘆，這還不夠時間與每個人交談。

Atkins' most difficult moments revolved around his tenure as an SEC commissioner in the run-up to the 2008 meltdown and the agency's failings in policing the mortgage securities that contributed to that crisis. Atkins deflected the primary responsibility of the crisis as belonging to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

阿特金斯（Atkins）最困難的時刻圍繞著他擔任SEC專員在2008年崩潰中的任期，以及該機構在對造成這一危機的抵押證券進行治安方面的失敗。阿特金斯（Atkins）將危機的主要責任視為屬於抵押巨頭房利美（Fannie Mae）和弗雷迪·麥克（Freddie Mac）。

The next step in the confirmation process is for the committee to vote on the nominees and forward them for potential approval by the overall Senate.

確認過程的下一步是委員會對提名人進行投票，並將其轉發為參議院的潛在批准。