Trump nominates Michael Selig to lead CFTC after withdrawing Quintenz bid
US President Donald Trump nominated Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after withdrawing Brian Quintenz’s nomination. Selig is chief counsel to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force and a senior adviser to SEC chair Paul Atkins; Quintenz’s confirmation vote had been delayed twice.
The nomination could shape CFTC leadership overseeing markets that include prediction-market contracts.