特朗普的选择领导SEC，保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）承诺在加密货币上有不同的方向

美国证券交易委员会的前成员保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）是唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统聘请该机构的经营权，他向该机构保证了过去四年的加密货币机构的不同指导，尽管在周四的确认听证会上，他并没有对大型数字资产问题提出要求。

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.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的前成员保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）和唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统领导该机构，他承诺从过去四年开始为该机构的加密货币机构提供不同的指导，尽管在周四的确认听证会上，他并没有在周四的确认听证会上提出大型数字资产问题。

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.

既然特朗普已经确保了他政府的内阁级梯队，白宫正在通过参议院确认程序为高级机构负责人提供服务。尽管这些天的许多加密标题来自政府和国会，但管理监管机构的人最终将是撰写该行业必须遵守的法规的人。

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），他在该机构的岁月将他确立为数字资产部门最杰出的仇恨。但是，特朗普的提名人已经将自己定位在与加斯勒（Gensler）形成鲜明对比的情况下，后者批评了该行业的历史，并争辩说，当前的证券法足以对待大部分空间，就好像它在积极违反了注册要求一样。

"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.

阿特金斯在周四的准备证词中说：“我的主席的重中之重是与我的同事和国会合作，通过合理，连贯和有原则的方法为数字资产提供坚定的监管基金会。”

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

委员会主席的南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特（Tim Scott）表示，阿特金斯（Atkins）将“为数字资产提供长期的清晰度。”

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，甚至在听证会开始之前，阿特金斯（Atkins）被马萨诸塞州议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabether Warren）参议员抨击，他是委员会的排名民主党，他对他曾担任顾问的数字资产部门的公正能力表示怀疑。

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）旁边的听证桌上，古尔德（Gould）提出了接管国家银行监管机构的审计长办公室的理由。 OCC一直是数字资产行业针对美国银行业务的竞选活动中的重要参与者，这对银行的压力使该行业保持一定距离。加密公司和内部人士一直在努力维持银行关系，并认为监管机构撰写了“撤销”压力。

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."

古尔德的第一个问题是在这种情况下，斯科特询问他是否承诺扭转古尔德回答“绝对”的先前立场。

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.

对于加密行业来说，阿特金斯对加密事务的回应可能更加紧迫。但是，他没有对他对加密货币监督的下一步措施的看法，也没有提出对制定美国加密政策的立法努力的质疑。

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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党参议员约翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）提出了前FTX首席执行官山姆·班克曼（Sam Bankman Fried）的话题，他说他看起来像是“约翰·贝鲁什（John Belushi）的外观类似比赛中的第四名亚军”，并询问阿特金斯（Atkins）是否适当地调查了SBF的父母在他的欺诈性活动中的参与。

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

阿特金斯说：“我期待到SEC找出发生的事情。” “像你一样，我担心这些报告。”

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

但是肯尼迪进一步采取了进一步的责任，表明缺乏责任，表明美国的“法律和惩罚标准”

"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."

肯尼迪说：“我认为SEC没有做出该死的事情。” “他们是骗子！”他大喊。 “而且我希望SEC对此有所作为。”

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.

很少有其他参议员深入研究更广泛的加密事务，而那些可能会被期望的人，例如参议员辛西娅·卢米斯（Cynthia Lummis）。听证会只持续了两个小时，包括四个提名的各个办公室，使一些民主党人哀叹，这还不够时间与每个人交谈。

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）最困难的时刻围绕着他担任SEC专员在2008年崩溃中的任期，以及该机构在对造成这一危机的抵押证券进行治安方面的失败。阿特金斯（Atkins）将危机的主要责任视为属于抵押巨头房利美（Fannie Mae）和弗雷迪·麦克（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.

确认过程的下一步是委员会对提名人进行投票，并将其转发为参议院的潜在批准。