President Trump’s Bipartisan SEC and CFTC Picks Put Crypto’s Next Rules in New Hands

President Trump’s Bipartisan SEC and CFTC Picks Put Crypto’s Next Rules in New Hands


Official portrait of President Trump image By Isaac • November 14, 2026 12:21 pm •

President Trump has moved to refill two of Washington’s most important financial regulators with a bipartisan slate that could have an outsized effect on the next round of U.S. crypto rules.

The immediate story is four nominations. The bigger story is who may soon be sitting at the table when the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission decide how far to push their existing authority over digital assets.

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Four nominees, two agencies, one crowded crypto agenda

In its November 12 nomination notice, the White House named Nathan Anonick and Matthew Rowland for CFTC seats and Kristin N. Johnson and Steven Levine for the SEC.

The official notice assigns each nominee to a specific

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