Isaac Boltansky, head of policy research at BTIG, said that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to undergo personnel changes, and if approved by the Senate, Paul Atkins will replace Gary Gensler for a five-year term. But Isaac Boltansky warned that despite the SEC personnel changes, there will still be "jurisdictional disputes" in the future, noting that the agency and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sometimes have disputes over cryptocurrency regulation.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman as director of Nasa.
According to Bitcoin Magazine, the government of Louisiana in the United States now accepts bitcoin payments.
SpaceX: Jared Isakman, crew member of the Polaris Dawn mission, begins exiting the capsule.