White House Weighing Candidates for Multiple CFTC Spots: Former Chairman Giancarlo

Though the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Acting Chairman Caroline Pham has been blazing forward on crypto-friendly policy, even as she has one foot out the door, the White House is working quickly to find a permanent successor after abandoning President Donald Trump’s first choice. Trump nominee Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner, was dropped recently,…

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Robert Redford, A House of Dynamite, Foreign Oscar Race — Screen Talk

Much like “Screen Talk” podcast co-host Ryan Lattanzio felt after leaving Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear missile thriller “A House of Dynamite” at Venice — which he rave-reviewed — Anne Thompson left a recent L.A. screening of the movie with her heart pounding in her chest. Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and…

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