Overview
- The SEC published a draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2026–2030 on June 2, 2026, and opened it for public comment through July 2 under file number DSP‑3.
- The draft names digital assets and distributed ledger technology as a standalone agency objective and calls for clear rules to govern tokenized offerings, custody, staking, and on‑chain market infrastructure.
- Chair Paul S. Atkins framed the plan as a return to the SEC’s three‑part mission and directed enforcement to focus on policing fraud and manipulation rather than broad, ad hoc expansions of authority.
- The plan stresses coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, citing a March MOU, and notes that pending legislation such as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act could reshape which agency oversees parts of crypto markets.
- The SEC also proposes modernizing legacy systems including EDGAR and exploring internal use of AI and blockchain, and it signals work on expanding private‑market access and revisiting accredited‑investor rules with consumer‑protection scrutiny expected in the comment process.