Brian Quintenz, the crypto lobbyist President Donald Trump nominated to serve as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, disclosed assets worth at least $3.4 million and positions in key industry groups.
Quintenz, who served as a CFTC commissioner from 2017 to 2021, revealed his financial and professional holdings in paperwork released this week by the Office of Government Ethics. Nominees disclose the value of their holdings in broad ranges.
If confirmed, Quintenz would be heading an agency with two major policy initiatives that are intertwined with his financial and professional interests…
He will also step down from the board of directors of Kalshi Inc., the prediction markets platform that lets users place bets on topics ranging from who will win a Nobel Peace Prize to whether egg prices will go up this month.
