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Bitcoin ETF Time? What SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Stepping Down Means for Markets
Jay Clayon is stepping down as chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission. Here’s what that means for crypto and traditional markets.

Jay Clayton is stepping down as chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission. Here’s what that means for crypto and traditional markets.
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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.
On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads Joe Nocera’s recent Op-Ed “Clayton’s Exit at SEC Opens Door to Protect Investors” from Bloomberg.
NLW expands upon the piece, discussing Clayton’s legacy in crypto and how a Biden economic team might impact the space.
See also: SEC’s Clayton Says Payment Inefficiencies Are Boosting Bitcoin’s Rise
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
