Jay Clayton

The SEC approval or denial decision for the NewsCapsule ETFs is due this coming Wednesday.

SFOX, an institutional crypto trading platform, recently released a comprehensive, data-packed analysis on the possible causes of the volatility in the cryptocurrency space over the month of November.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision to approve or disapprove the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Many ICOs have attempted to evade the SEC’s scrutiny by self-labeling their products as utility tokens. So far, the SEC doesn't seem to be buying the distinction.

The rationale behind his words is nothing his crypto-friendly audience hasn’t heard before.

The new division will make it easier for fintech startups to interact with the regulator on related issues and the legal implications of products before they launch them.

In an interview with CNBC, Jay Clayton said that while bitcoin remains a commodity, all initial coin offering (ICO) tokens classify as securities.

“People tend to fear what they don’t know. If people sailing the oceans at the time of Columbus had believed the world is flat, we wouldn’t have had the great discoveries of the New World.”

“Scores” of subpoenas and information requests were sent out demanding details about the structure of sales and pre-sales of several ICOs.

Today, February 6, 2018, the prospects for coherent U.S. regulation on cryptocurrencies became a little more clear, as were the impasses that were frustrating...