Jay Clayton

SEC can help clear regulatory path for crypto trading

04/05/18

The agency should consider exempting some registered cryptocurrency exchanges from state money transmission laws.

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Market regulators on crypto: We’re on it, but may need help

02/06/18

The heads of the Securities and Exchange and Commodity Futures Trading commissions said they are not ignoring the fast-growing cryptocurrency sector and they have some oversight powers. But they indicated that they might need more.

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Bitcoin bulls beat bears; SEC chief warns on cybercurrency risk

12/12/17

Price of digital currency jumps 24% in first day of futures trading; Jay Clayton tells buyers to beware, then halts an initial coin offering.

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CFPB chief freezes data collection; SEC takes first ICO action

12/05/17

Acting director Mulvaney has major concerns about cybersecurity at the agency; the commission says a Canadian company's initial coin offering is a 'scam.'

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Equifax takes a hit; Senate tax bill keeps mortgage deduction

11/10/17

Company’s first earnings report since the data breach also discloses lots of suits and investigations; Senate bill also calls for one-year delay in corporate tax rate cut to 20%.

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Equifax CEO Smith ‘retires’; Senators scold SEC chief

09/27/17

The embattled Smith may lose severance benefits, depending on firm’s probe into data breach; Clayton grilled about why the agency took so long to act after Edgar hack.

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SEC nominee faces conflict questions; Disruptive families

03/09/17

Lawyer Jay Clayton's numerous Wall Street ties raise questions about possible conflicts of interest; wealthy family offices are becoming a "disruptive force" in finance.

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