On June 13, according to The Block, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced four senior personnel appointments on Friday, including two officials with experience in digital assets, further signaling a more crypto-friendly stance under SEC Chairman Paul Atkins.
Starting June 17, Jamie Selway will serve as Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets. Brian T. Daly will assume the role of Director of the Division of Investment Management on July 8. According to the SEC’s announcement, Selway was most recently a partner at Sophron Advisors, primarily providing capital markets consulting services to clients. He has also served as an advisor to several fintech companies and briefly held the position of Global Head of Institutional Markets at Blockchain from 2018 to 2019.