SEC Admits Gary Gensler’s Crypto Cases Produced ‘No Investor Benefit’

2026-4-8 11:07

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its fiscal year 2025 enforcement results. In it, the agency labeled several prior crypto registration cases a “misinterpretation of the federal securities laws.”

This marks the latest signal of the regulator’s sharp shift in enforcement under Chair Paul Atkins, who took the helm in April 2025.

Prior SEC Crypto Cases Face Scrutiny

The report pointed out that, under former chairman Gary Gensler’s leadership, starting in 2022, regulators pursued 95 actions targeting firms for recordkeeping failures resulting in combined fines of $2.3 billion.

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The SEC also singled out seven crypto firm registration cases and six “definition of a dealer” actions. According to the report, these cases “identified no direct investor harm” and “produced no investor benefit or protection.” The report added that the cases,

“Demonstrate what the current Commission views as a misinterpretation of the federal securities laws, a misallocation of Commission resources, and a bias for volume of cases brought versus matters of investor protection.”

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the agency has moved away from “regulation by enforcement.” According to him, the SEC is refocusing its efforts instead on cases that directly safeguard investors and strengthen the integrity of financial markets.

“We have redirected resources toward the types of misconduct that inflict the greatest harm—particularly fraud, market manipulation, and abuses of trust—and away from approaches that prioritized volume and record-setting penalties over true investor protection,” he added.

Notably, since February 2025, the SEC has dismissed enforcement actions against Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, Consensys, Cumberland DRW, Dragonchain, and Balina. 

The report also revealed that in fiscal year 2025, the SEC filed 456 enforcement actions. This comprised 303 standalone cases and 69 administrative proceedings.

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