Odaily Planet Daily News Brian Quintenz, the candidate for chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) nominated by US President Trump, recently disclosed his personal assets and cryptocurrency-related investments. According to documents released by the US Government Ethics Office, Quintenz holds at least $3.4 million in assets and works for several cryptocurrency and market prediction companies.
Quintenz currently serves as the global crypto policy director of venture capital firm a16z and holds interests in the company's three investment funds. He is also a member of the board of directors of prediction market platform Kalshi and holds shares and unredeemed options in the company. Quintenz said that once confirmed by the Senate, he will resign from all positions and divest related assets within 90 days to avoid conflicts of interest. (Cointelegraph)