Trumps SEC Nominee Paul Atkins: Investments in Crypto Firms Revealed Ahead of Senate Hearing

The nominee for the position of SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, put forward by former President Donald Trump, holds shares in three cryptocurrency firms: Securitize, Anchorage Digital, and Off the Chain Capital. This was reported by [Fortune](https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/03/25/paul-atkins-sec-nominee-securitize-anchorage-off-the-chain-capital-6-million-ethics-disclosure/) based on the politician’s income disclosure statement.

The information was revealed ahead of the Senate hearing scheduled for March 27 regarding Atkins’s nomination.

According to the documents, the nominee has served on the board of Securitize and possesses options in the company valued at up to $500,000. Additionally, Atkins has invested between $250,000 and $500,000 in Anchorage Digital. His stake in Off the Chain Capital ranges from $1 million to $5 million.

However, neither Atkins nor his family directly own cryptocurrencies. As reported by [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-25/sec-chair-nominee-paul-atkins-spouse-worth-at-least-327-million), his total net worth, along with his spouse’s, is estimated at $327 million.

In December 2024, Trump [nominated](https://forklog.com/news/donald-tramp-nominiroval-pola-atkinsa-na-post-glavy-sec) Atkins to lead the SEC. Many in the cryptocurrency sector consider him a qualified candidate due to his experience in the industry.

Atkins served as an SEC Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and later founded a consulting firm, Patomak Global Partners, which counted cryptocurrency exchanges and [DeFi](https://forklog.com/cryptorium/chto-takoe-detsentralizovannye-finansy-defi) projects among its clients.

In 2020, he became a member of the Digital Chamber’s advisory board but stepped down following his SEC Chair nomination.

On March 23, Senator Elizabeth Warren sent Atkins a [34-page letter](https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Warren%20Letter%20to%20Atkins%20on%20SEC%20Nomination.pdf) expressing concerns regarding his ties to the cryptocurrency industry and potential conflicts of interest involving Trump.

It is worth noting that on March 3, Trump’s crypto advisor, [cryptocurrency czar](https://forklog.com/news/donald-tramp-vydvinul-v-kriptotsari-devida-saksa) David Sachs, [confirmed](https://forklog.com/news/piter-shiff-obvinil-donalda-trampa-v-krupnejshem-kriptoobmane) he sold all his digital assets at the start of the new U.S. administration. On March 7, Warren [urged](https://forklog.com/news/elizabet-uorren-prizvala-kriptotsarya-raskryt-sdelki-s-tsifrovymi-aktivami) him to disclose information related to cryptocurrency transactions.

In January, the ethics of Trump’s cryptocurrency initiatives [caught the attention of Congress](https://forklog.com/news/v-kongresse-ssha-zainteresovalis-etichnostyu-kriptoproektov-donalda-trampa), and in February, Public Citizen urged the Justice Department and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to [initiate an investigation](https://forklog.com/news/aktivisty-zapodozrili-donalda-trampa-v-narushenii-zakonov-iz-za-trump) into TRUMP for potential violations of federal corruption laws.