SEC Taps New Director of Trading and Markets Who Has Crypto Ties

The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced four hires for prominent roles, including a new director of trading and markets who has ties to the crypto industry.

Jamie Selway will lead a division responsible for regulating major securities market participants. He has previously served as the global head of institutional markets at Blockchain.com, as well as the chair of Skew’s board of directors. Coinbase Global Inc. acquired Skew, which provides data visualization and analytics for crypto markets, in 2021.

The announcements come as SEC Chair Paul Atkins has taken a friendlier approach toward cryptocurrency companies and moved to ...