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- President Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz from A16Z as CFTC chairman.
- Brian Quintenz has experience with Bitcoin and Ethereum Future regulation at CFTC.
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, political manager at the A16z Crypto, to lead Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bloomberg Law reported Tuesday, with reference to a white house document reviewed by Bloomberg News.
Quintenz previously served as a Republican commissioner at CFTC during both the Obama and Trump administrations, where he monitored the implementation of the first fully regulated Bitcoin and Ethereum Futures Agreements. CFTC acts as the primary US controller for the market for approximately $ 400 trillion and other derivatives.
In its current role, Quintenz A16Z prevails on crypto politics and investment. According to a December report from Bloomberg, he Worked with the Trump transition team If crypto policy is important before Trump’s inauguration, collaborates with David Sacks, Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar appointed. His candidacy has received support from the A16Z founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
The document in the White House also revealed Trump’s plans to nominate Jonathan Gould as controls of the currency and Jonathan McKernan as head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
