Top government officials left their jobs for crypto
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1/9 Jay Clayton - Former SEC Chairman joined crypto custody firm Fireblocks to work on market structure and customer needs.
2/9 Brian Brooks - Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency at OCC joined Binance and then Bitfury as CEO.
3/9 Mark Wetjen - Former CFTC Commissioner joined FTX US as Head of Policy and Regulatory Strategy.
4/9 Thaya Knight - Former SEC Counsel joined Coinbase as Senior Public Policy Manager.
5/9 Arthur Levitt - Former SEC Chairman was advising two bitcoin companies BitPay and Vaurum.
6/9 William Hinman - Former Director of SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance joined a16z as an advisory partner.
7/9 Brian Quintenz - Former CFTC Commissioner was also named an Advisory Partner of a16z.
8/9 Brett Redfearn - Former SEC’s Trading and Markets Director joined Coinbase as Head of Capital Markets and then Securitize as Senior Strategic Partner.
9/9 Christopher Giancarlo - Former CFTC Chairman joined CoinFund as a Policy Adviser and the Digital Asset’s Board of Directors.
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