Coinbase Taps SEC Counsel Thaya Knight to Manage Public Policy Team

Coinbase Taps SEC Counsel Thaya Knight to Manage Public Policy Team
Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) has hired former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employee Thaya Knight as its senior public policy manager.Knight had been the counsel to Commissioner Elad Roisman at the SEC since November 2020. In a LinkedIn post, she said Friday was her last day at the commission, noting that “while that departure is bittersweet, I’m very pleased to be joining the public policy team at Coinbase this week.”On Friday, Roisman also left his position at the SEC after serving as a commissioner since 2018 and acting chairman from December 2020 to April 2021 when Jay Clayton stepped…