Trump plans to pick a16z head of policy Brian Quintenz as CFTC chair: Report
President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pick Brian Quintenz — the head of policy at a16z’s crypto arm — as the next chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Founder of $7.5M ‘brazen fraud scheme’ to see 8 years behind bars
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Crypto.com accidentally sends 320k ETH to Gate.io, recovers funds days after
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