CFTC’s Christy Goldsmith Romero to exit when Trump’s chair pick confirmed: Report
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has said she’ll exit the CFTC once Donald Trump’s pick for chair, Brian Quintenz, is confirmed by Congress, Reuters reports.
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The Mind Behind the “World Computer”: Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
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