US President Donald Trump nominated Steven Levine and Kristin Johnson to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Nathan Anonick and Matthew Rowland to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The White House announced the four picks, but all require Senate confirmation.
Levine would replace Hester Peirce, a prominent advocate for clearer crypto rules who left the SEC in October; Levine’s views on crypto regulation are less publicly established. Johnson is a former CFTC commissioner who has advocated stronger customer protections and conflict-of-interest rules for crypto firms. The SEC has two of its five seats filled, while CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is the sole member of that agency’s five-seat commission.
