🇺🇸 SEC Eyes Retail Access to Private Funds – Game-Changer for Crypto?

New Chair, New Era? Paul Atkins, the SEC’s new top man, is shaking things up:

🔓 Proposes scrapping the $25K minimum to let everyday investors into private funds (hedge funds, PE)

📊 Private funds have ballooned from $9.5T (2012) to $30.9T (2024)

🔗 64% of institutions say private equity is most likely to be tokenized (State Street)

⚙️ But ops are tricky — Blackstone & KKR struggle with scaling to retail

The Big Picture:

With Gensler out and innovation-friendly Atkins in, plus whispers of Fed rate cuts...

we could be heading into a perfect storm for risk assets:

🚀 Crypto-friendly SEC + Lower Rates = Risk-On Rally

🔁 Tokenization becomes unstoppable:

Lower investment minimums

Real-world assets (RWA) + DeFi synergy

Regulatory clarity boosts institutional confidence

TL;DR:

If inflation keeps cooling, expect a surge in traditional & crypto markets — especially in tokenized RWAs & DeFi.

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