The White House Reiterates Support for Trump's Nomination of Brian Quintenz as CFTC Chairman
BlockBeats News, July 31st: According to Bloomberg, the White House has reiterated its support for Trump's nominee Brian Quintenz to be the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Previously, the confirmation of Brian Quintenz as CFTC chairman was delayed, as the Senate Agriculture Committee abruptly canceled the vote on Quintenz's nomination on Monday. However, the White House made it clear on Wednesday that Quintenz remains the top choice for the position and they expect his prompt confirmation.
Quintenz, a former CFTC commissioner, currently serves as the policy head of the prominent venture capital firm a16z's crypto department. Last week, his name was also suddenly removed from the voting list in another meeting of the same committee. Although the official reasons for the removal were not stated, it is widely speculated in the public that there may be issues with his nomination.
Yesterday, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett revealed that the White House postponed the advancement of the CFTC chairman nomination vote, possibly due to concerns over conflicts of interest. During Quintenz's tenure as a director at Kalshi, his team reportedly sought confidential CFTC information involving competitors such as Polymarket and PredictIt.
You may also like
How to choose between buying discounted ETH, Bitmine, and SharpLink?
Semiconductor stocks plummet, yet Anthropic wants to create a 2nm chip
A South Korean company that learned the strategy of hoarding coins, from a bull market to delisting?
Where is Zhao Changpeng's billion-dollar investment going? YZi Labs' investment landscape fully revealed
Ethereum Foundation Report: A Basic Guide to Ethereum for Governments and Financial Institutions
A pre-announced harvesting case: After the cryptocurrency price dropped by 99%, the public chain Saga exited to transform into AI
When American giants collectively "defect" from Chinese AI models
BIS Report Compliance Observation: The Real Risks of Stablecoins, Not Just "Depegging"
Portugal 2-1 Croatia: Ronaldo's 20-Year Knockout-Stage Drought Ends With a Debt Finally Collected
Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in the 2026 global football championship's knockout rounds as Ronaldo scored his first-ever knockout-stage goal, Gonçalo Ramos struck a stoppage-time winner, and VAR ruled out a late equalizer for offside.
