The Blockchain Association announced on Wednesday that U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Summer Mersinger will step down from the federal agency at the end of the month to become the industry advocate’s CEO on June 2.
“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Commissioner Mersinger as Blockchain Association’s new CEO,” Marta Belcher, president of the board of the Blockchain Association, said in a statement. “This is a pivotal moment for crypto policy, and we are confident that she is the ideal leader to take Blockchain Association, and the industry, to new heights.”