SEC Chair Atkins described a new direction for the agency, highlighting efforts to roll back prior regulatory overreach on climate-related disclosure, a recalibration on public-company reporting and a reset on digital-asset regulation.

The SEC proposed to rescind climate-related disclosure rules adopted in March 2024, asserting that the rules exceed the agency's statutory authority and impose substantial costs not justified by the informational benefits to investors.

A broker-dealer settled Nasdaq Texas exchange charges for pre-trade control violations and supervisory system failures to prevent erroneous orders.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook warned that AI-related demand was a contributing factor to an increasing risk of higher inflation in the economy. She said the right course for monetary policy is to hold interest rates steady from a risk-management perspective.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce urged regulators to embrace privacy-enhancing technologies as a tool that strengthens, rather than undermines, financial oversight.