President Trump has also nominated prominent crypto advocates to key regulatory positions, including Paul Atkins for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Brian Quintenz from a16z for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Notably, Gould is not the only crypto-friendly leader President Trump has chosen to help drive his MAGA agenda at Federal parastatals. He has also nominated Paul Atkins to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Trump has selected several crypto-friendly regulators to lead federal agencies, including Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission and, more recently, plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, head of global policy at a16z crypto, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Brian Quintenz, the head of policy for the crypto arm of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), was nominated by Trump to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.