
Cryptocurrency billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his nomination for the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showing the growing influence of crypto executives in Washington.
According to Politico, the Winklevoss brothers, who run the crypto company Gemini, reached out to Trump directly last weekend to express their concerns about Brian Quintenz’s nomination to lead the $4 trillion market regulator, according to sources familiar with the private conversation.