Trump’s CFTC Pick Discloses $3.4 Million in Assets, Crypto Ties

May 27, 2025, 6:25 PM UTC

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: digital assets and event ...

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