U.S. SEC official says AI-driven data analysis to expand as new trading tools emerge

Jamie Selway, director of the U.S. SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, said the agency plans to expand the use of superintelligence-based tools to respond to changes in financial markets as new investment instruments such as tokenized securities and perpetual futures contracts emerge. Selway said financial markets are shifting toward 24-hour trading, while discussion is also underway on central clearing for the U.S. Treasury market and reforms to core mechanisms of the National Market System, or NMS. Selway added retail investors and passive asset managers now wield market influence beyond historical levels, and said as data becomes more accessible, research priorities are shifting from securing differentiated datasets to processing large-scale data. The SEC also plans to expand its use of superintelligence-based tools and cooperation with academia, he said.