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Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig will host a joint public event on January 27 to advance regulatory harmonization efforts for digital assets, marking the first formal collaboration of its kind between the agencies.
The session, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET at CFTC headquarters, will address jurisdictional overlaps and policy coordination challenges that have complicated crypto oversight for years. Both chairs will deliver opening remarks followed by a fireside chat moderated by Eleanor Terrett, co-founder of Crypto in America.
“For years, market participants have had to operate within regulatory lines that are unclear in practice and poorly aligned by design,” the chairmen said in a joint statement.
They added that the session will build on broader harmonization efforts to ensure innovation develops on American soil, under American law, and in service of investors, consumers, and U.S. economic leadership while finally bringing clarity after years of Crypto regulation chaos.
The January 27 meeting follows momentum from a September 29 roundtable where both agencies publicly declared an end to their jurisdictional disputes a moment widely seen as a turning point in resolving Crypto regulation chaos.
At that gathering, then acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said “the turf war is over,” while Atkins called it “a turning point for American financial markets.”
Executives from platforms including Kraken, Polymarket, Kalshi, Nasdaq, CME Group, and Robinhood participated in discussions on coordinated oversight aimed at ending Crypto regulation chaos.
The upcoming event will feature opening remarks from both chairmen followed by a fireside chat moderated by Eleanor Terrett, co-founder of Crypto in America.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the session will be livestreamed on the SEC’s website giving industry watchers a front row seat to how regulators plan to unwind Crypto regulation chaos.
Both agencies have moved aggressively on digital asset policy since leadership changes in 2025 accelerating efforts to replace enforcement first approaches that contributed to Crypto regulation chaos.
Atkins took over the SEC in April following the departure of Gary Gensler quickly pivoting toward clearer guidance and fewer headline grabbing cases.
Under his leadership, the SEC brought just 13 crypto related enforcement actions in 2025, down from 33 the year before, signaling a narrower focus on fraud and investor harm rather than broad registration theories often blamed for Crypto regulation chaos.
Selig assumed leadership of the CFTC on December 22 after Senate confirmation replacing Pham and immediately launched the Future proof initiative to modernize decades old rules for blockchain, AI driven trading and prediction markets another key step toward resolving Crypto regulation chaos.
“We are at a pivotal moment as a broad range of new technologies, products, and platforms are coming to market.” Selig said after his swearing in.
“Under my leadership, the CFTC will lead these emerging frontiers and ensure that the innovations of tomorrow are built in the United States.
The harmonization push comes as lawmakers advance competing digital asset bills increasing urgency for regulators to prepare for a post legislation environment without Crypto regulation chaos.
The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to mark up its Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act on January 27 just hours after the Atkins-Selig event while the Senate Banking Committee has delayed consideration of the CLARITY Act until later in the year.
Industry disagreements particularly over stablecoin yield provisions have complicated negotiations with Brian Armstrong at one point calling proposed restrictions “catastrophic.”
Still, President Donald Trump said at Davos 2026 that he expects to sign crypto market structure legislation “very soon,” reinforcing the message that Washington wants to move past Crypto regulation chaos.
For now, the joint SEC-CFTC event signals that both agencies are aligning early, positioning themselves to implement whatever framework Congress delivers without repeating the mistakes that fueled Crypto regulation chaos in the first place.
