Trump Plans to Pick Quintenz as Derivatives Regulator Head (1)

President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto arm, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to a document sent by the White House to Capitol Hill that was reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Quintenz served as a Republican commissioner at the CFTC during the first Trump administration before joining the venture capital firm. The agency is the primary US watchdog for the roughly $400 trillion swaps market and other derivatives.

The nomination has been received in the US Senate and referred to committee, according to a congressional website ...