Ex-SEC Chief: Bitcoin Companies Need Compliance To Succeed
The former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Arthur Levitt discussed the evolving regulatory landscape for bitcoin companies and the commission's ability to keep up with fast-paced technological changes in a wide-ranging interview on Bloomberg TV yesterday. Levitt, who is the SEC's longest-serving chairman, became one of the highest-profile figures from the world of financial regulation to enter the cryptocurrency space when he announced that he was joining BitPay and Vaurum as an advisor two days ago. In the Bloomberg TV interview, Levitt said he had been approached by six....
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