Chris Dixon, a managing partner at a16z crypto, said in an X post that Quintenz would “make a fantastic CFTC Chair and will serve the American people honorably.” Quintenz ofte

US President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CFTC revealed his nomination on Farcaster, a Web3 social media platform, in an early sign of the agency’s warming stance on cryptocurrency.

Brian Quintenz, a one-time commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Andreessen Horowitz's (a16z) head of policy, will be Donald Trump's choice to run the federal commodities regulator.

Speculation that crypto may grow, as new head, Brian Quintenz, has experience with Bitcoin and Ether-based futures regulation at the CFTC.

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto arm, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing a document.

Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz for CFTC chair, highlighting his experience in crypto policy and support from a16z leaders.

President Donald Trump will nominate Brian Quintenz as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Quintenz announced in a post on X Feb. 12. Quintenz, who served as a CFTC commissioner from 2017 to 2021, is currently head of policy at a16z crypto, a venture capital fund that invests in cryptocurrency and Web3 startups.

President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto arm, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to a document sent by the White House to Capitol Hill that was reviewed by Bloomberg News.

President Donald Trump is reportedly selecting Brian Quintenz from Andreessen Horowitz's crypto venture firm to helm the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the commodities regulator expected to take on greater oversight of the crypto industry under his administration,