Brian Quintenz joins Coalition for Prediction Markets

The Coalition for Prediction Markets has named the former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner as a senior adviser.

US.- The Coalition for Prediction Markets has named former Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Brian Quintenz as a senior adviser. Quintenz is expected to offer strategic direction regarding financial regulation, market structure, and interactions with federal policymakers. He will also support the coalition’s advocacy for long-term CFTC authorisation and stronger agency funding.

The Coalition for Prediction Markets’ members include Kalshi, Crypto.com, Coinbase, Robinhood and Underdog. Former Democratic congressman Sean Patrick Maloney serves as the group’s president and CEO. Former House Financial Services Committee chairman Patrick McHenry is also a senior adviser.

Quintenz previously served as a Republican CFTC commissioner and as global head of policy at a16z crypto. He is also member of Kalshi’s advisory board. In February 2025, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to chair the CFTC, but the nomination was withdrawn in September 2025.

Quintenz said: “Regulated prediction markets have created a new information economy built on radical transparency, fairness, and real opportunity for people on Main Street – not just institutions on Wall Street. I’m thrilled to continue my work to ensure these markets grow here in the United States through a federal regulatory framework that keeps American markets the best in the world.

“Federal oversight of prediction markets is calibrated towards market-based activity and is not a zero-sum game against states. Both regimes, which regulate different business models under frameworks aimed at those businesses’ risks, can coexist. But attempts by states or casinos to interfere with, or even dictate terms for, federal markets cannot stand. Slot machine regulation for derivatives markets won’t work.”