TechFlow, May 28 — According to Cointelegraph citing Bloomberg, Brian Quintenz, President Trump's nominee for chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently disclosed his personal assets and investments related to cryptocurrencies. Documents released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics show that Quintenz holds at least $3.4 million in assets and serves in various roles at cryptocurrency and prediction market companies.
Quintenz currently serves as Head of Global Crypto Policy at venture capital firm a16z and holds interests in three of the firm’s investment funds. He is also a board member of prediction market platform Kalshi and holds shares and unexercised stock options in the company. Quintenz stated that upon Senate confirmation, he will resign from all positions and divest relevant assets within 90 days to avoid conflicts of interest.
