SEC Chair Paul Atkins: Make IPOs Great Again 7/2/25

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In an extended interview, SEC Chair Paul Atkins discusses his vision for the agency. From cutting red tape and rebooting IPOs to expanding retail investors' access to private markets, Atkins outlines what a “new day at the SEC” really means. He addresses his push for a rational crypto framework and his top priorities since taking the helm of the agency in April. Plus, CNBC’s Emily Wilkins joins with the latest developments from Capitol Hill, Sam Altman is calling out Mark Zuckerberg, and Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over its ’60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview. Emily Wilkins - 02:58 Paul Atkins - 16:25 In this episode: Emily Wilkins, @emrwilkins Melissa Lee, @MelissaLeeCNBC Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.4	On today's episode, a special extended interview with SEC chair, Paul Atkins.
0:15.6	I would argue here over the last several years, the SEC has been standing of work,
0:20.8	efforts to innovate in
0:22.4	the marketplace because things have been unclear.
0:25.5	We've had regulation through enforcement.
0:27.4	That day is over.
0:28.6	The Chair's approach to innovation, including expanding access to the private markets.
0:33.9	Tokenization is an innovation.
0:36.4	And we at the SEC should be focused on how do we advance innovation in the marketplace.
0:43.4	Rethinking what it means to be an accredited investor and the future of crypto, SPACs, and
0:49.7	IPOs.
0:50.7	We have a really good program, I think, now addressing the crypto markets.
0:55.0	With respect to the IPO market, you will start seeing our proposals coming out, so you can't build room overnight.
1:03.0	Plus a deal for Paramount and President Trump, an update from Capitol Hill on the president's megabill,
1:09.0	and the huge compensation META is supposedly
1:12.4	offering Open AI employees to jump ship.
1:15.1	Melissa Lee is on set with us to chat through it all.
1:19.0	If they go to META because of the highest paycheck, they could easily leave META for another
1:24.8	high paycheck.
1:26.8	It's July 2nd, 2025, and SquawkPod begins right now.
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