Uyeda will serve as the interim head of Wall Street’s top cop while Trump’s pick for permanent chair, Paul Atkins, waits to be confirmed by the Senate.

Ripple's XRP prices increased to £2.56 ($3.14) at 7:25 a.m. ET on 21st January after momentarily retreating to £2.47 ($3.02) after US President Donald Trump named pro-crypto Mark Uyeda the acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The newly inaugurated Trump White House taps the contrarian commissioner as temporary head amid a slew of walk-outs from the agency.

The new task force will be led by Commissioner Peirce and was unveiled by an SEC release criticizing the commission’s prior approach to crypto enforcement.

Donald Trump appoints Republican SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda as acting chair. Uyeda, known for his pro-crypto stance, has criticized the SEC’s regulatory overreach. He has

The appointment likely signals a loosening of the SEC’s cyrptocurrency policy during the second Trump presidency.

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump has tapped Mark Uyeda, a Republican member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to be acting chair of the agency, the White House said Monday. Uyeda takes over from Gary Gensler,

Mark Uyeda’s appointment as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) marks a pivotal moment for the regulatory landscape of cryptocurrencies in the US. As Gary Gensler steps down,

The White House has announced the appointment of Mark Uyeda as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acting chair much to the surprise of some stakeholders. In early December last year, the then President-elect Donald Trump reportedly picked pro-crypto Paul Atkins as the new chair for the SEC to replace Gary Gensler,