SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Tuesday released the agency’s 2026 Regulatory Agenda, prioritising new rules on crypto custody and tokenized securities, public-offering reforms, and broader retail access to private markets.
The agenda lists nine proposed rulemakings across those areas, including standalone items on crypto assets, crypto market structure, broker-dealer recordkeeping for crypto, custody-rule amendments, registered offering reform, and a proposal titled ‘Enhancing Retail Exposure to Private Markets.’
“To deliver on President Trump’s goal to ensure that the United States is the crypto capital of the world, we are embracing innovation to bring more products onshore, creating clear rules of the road for capital raising with crypto assets, and providing clarity as to how market participants can custody and facilitate trading of tokenized securities onchain,” said Atkins.
On public listings, the SEC already proposed registered offering reforms in May that would expand Form S-3 eligibility by an estimated 60%, according to the agency’s fact sheet.
The private-market item would allow retail investors broader exposure through registered investment companies and expand the set of clients to whom advisers can charge performance fees, reginfo.gov filings show.
The agenda follows the SEC’s January staff statement on tokenized securities and its May offering-reform proposal, continuing the direction Atkins set after taking office.
