President Trump is reportedly considering the appointment of the country’s first “Crypto Czar” and weighing the cryptocurrency market in his nomination of a new Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair.
Wired reports,
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select a new chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the coming days. His team is asking the crypto industry to weigh in on potential picks, according to sources who claim to be close to proceedings.
Trump’s shortlist is filled with former government officials, crypto executives, and lawyers who support the crypto industry: Paul Atkins, former SEC commissioner, and Brian Brooks, former acting US comptroller of the currency, are the top two contenders, sources familiar tell WIRED, but the vetting process is ongoing.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump spoke at the Nashville Bitcoin Conference while campaigning for President in July and promised he would fire current SEC Chairman Gary Gensler “on day one” and “appoint a new SEC Chairman who believes America should build the future, not block the future.”
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