According to PANews, after nominating the SEC chairman, U.S. President-elect Trump plans to interview the CFTC chairman candidate in Mar-a-Lago, Florida next week.
The CFTC will become one of the key agencies for crypto regulation in the new government. Potential candidates include current Republican CFTC Commissioners Kristin Johnson Mersinger and Caroline Pham, as well as former CFTC Commissioners Jill Sommers and Brian Quintenz, former CFTC official Josh Sterling, and former CFTC Special Counsel Kumar.
There are also reports that Perianne Boring, founder of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, is also on the list, but her candidacy is still unclear.