Trump Vows Crypto Market Structure Law That ‘Cannot Be Undone’

Key Takeaways

• Trump promised lasting crypto legislation designed to survive future regulatory leadership changes.
• Federal market structure rules could reshape oversight for exchanges, tokens, and derivatives.
• Congress now faces pressure to convert pro- crypto messaging into binding U.S. legislation.

Trump’s Crypto Push Widens Around Market Structure Law

President Donald Trump intensified his administration’s push for durable U.S. crypto regulation on May 27, arguing that America has become the global center for digital asset innovation. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump accused former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler and anti- crypto regulators of weakening the industry by pushing bitcoin, crypto perpetuals, and innovation overseas.

Trump claimed that his administration reversed that offshore shift and brought builders and entrepreneurs back to U.S. markets. He also pledged to codify a future-proof digital asset market structure designed to survive future political changes. His message positioned crypto as a long-term pillar of American finance, with bitcoin, derivatives markets, exchanges, and domestic builders central to that agenda. “Under my Leadership, we will codify a FUTURE-PROOF Digital Asset Market Structure that cannot be undone by the Crypto Haters,” Trump wrote. “The new frontier of finance is being built in America, and ‘TRUMP’ will NEVER let crypto down!”

SEC Chair Paul Atkins reinforced that direction in a post on X, saying the SEC has moved away from its prior stance toward crypto innovation. He said the agency, the administration, and Congress are working to deliver digital asset clarity. The message placed BTC, crypto perpetuals, exchanges, builders, and token issuers inside a broader policy reset focused on U.S. market activity.

SEC and CFTC Coordination Sharpens Crypto Rulemaking

Regulators are moving on a parallel track while Congress debates market-structure legislation. Atkins has promoted an “ACT” strategy focused on advancing, clarifying, and transforming SEC regulation. The plan would shift crypto oversight away from enforcement-first actions and toward formal rules, updated disclosure standards, and closer coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He has also supported clearer lines between tokenized securities and commodities.

Recent SEC initiatives point to a broader rulemaking push. Atkins has said the agency is nearing an innovation exemption for compliant on-chain trading of tokenized securities. SEC officials have also discussed custody, cybersecurity, staff guidance, bitcoin exposure, disclosure modernization, and crypto-linked public companies. Separately, Trump defended CFTC authority over prediction markets, tying derivatives oversight to his wider U.S. crypto leadership agenda.

Reacting to Trump’s Truth Social post, Atkins wrote on X:

“For too long, the SEC was at odds with new technology and innovation, pushing entrepreneurs off-shore. That era is over. Under President Trump’s leadership, and alongside colleagues across the Admin and Congress, we are delivering much needed clarity to digital asset markets.”

Congress remains the next major focus for the administration’s crypto agenda. The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act would establish a federal framework for digital asset oversight, define regulatory responsibilities between the SEC and CFTC, and create clearer rules for bitcoin, crypto perpetuals, exchanges, and token classification. The Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill to the full Senate in a bipartisan 15-9 vote on May 14, though lawmakers still must reconcile Senate proposals, resolve outstanding market-structure issues, and secure enough support for final passage before the legislation can become law.