PANews reported on April 28 that according to Forbes, some recent developments in the Trump family's crypto business have intensified scrutiny of the independence of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including plans by Trump's son Eric Trump to attend the Token2049 conference with Sun Yuchen and World Liberty Financial co-founder Zack Witkoff, as well as Trump's TRUMP dinner plan. If the SEC is seen as giving preferential treatment to digital asset projects with political ties, then this political scrutiny will foreshadow the challenges that the new SEC Chairman Paul Atkins may face. Although there is indeed momentum within the SEC to promote cryptocurrency reform, any perception that the SEC is politically biased may make it difficult for the agency to act in a credible manner in the coming months. If Atkin can successfully balance the drive to modernize regulation with an apparent commitment to fair enforcement, the SEC is expected to regain its global leadership in digital asset regulation. However, if the agency is caught up in partisan disputes, even well-intentioned reforms may lose momentum. For now, the crypto industry remains cautiously optimistic, but also vigilant. The conflict of interest issue is likely to persist and overshadow Atkins’ actual accomplishments at the SEC in the cryptocurrency space.