Who is Mike Selig? New CFTC chair frontrunner is a crypto ally – DL News
- Mike Selig is the leading candidate to chair the CFTC.
- The former corporate attorney is a longtime ally of the crypto industry.
- The White House officially withdrew the nomination of Trump’s former pick earlier this week.
Mike Selig, chief counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, has emerged as the leading contender to helm the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
A source familiar with discussions surrounding the CFTC nomination process told DL News they expect Selig’s nomination “to happen any minute.”
And many in the industry are lining up behind him.
“Now leading the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, he’s delivered the most effective regulatory work we’ve seen out of any major regulator,” Evan…
