White House is considering Jill Sommers and Kyle Hauptman as new pro-crypto candidates for the position of CFTC chair

The White House is weighing new candidates to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as the confirmation of Brian Quintenz, Donald Trump’s original pick, remains stalled. Eleanor Terrett, journalist and host of Crypto in America, shared a scoop on X that former CFTC commissioner Jill Sommers and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) chair Kyle Hauptman are under consideration.