CFTC Chair Nominee Brian Quintenz Does Not Plan to Recuse Himself from Prediction Market Discussions

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CFTC Chair Nominee Brian Quintenz Does Not Plan to Recuse Himself from Prediction Market Discussions

Brian Quintenz, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will likely involve himself in matters having to do with prediction markets despite what reports have called conflicts of interest, two sources directly familiar told Unchained. Quintenz has served on the board of prediction market Kalshi, a competitor to popular blockchain-based platform Polymarket, since 2021.  Senior regulators typically recu…