The nominee for the chairman of the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, stated that the Winklevoss brothers attempted to interfere with his nomination confirmation process.

[The American CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz claims the Winklevoss twins attempted to interfere with his nomination confirmation process] President Donald Trump nominated Brian Quintenz to serve as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), who publicly revealed several text messages exchanged with CEX co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. This move suggests that the twin brothers may have attempted to interfere with his nomination to the agency. In a post on X released on Wednesday, Quintenz stated that he made these messages public out of concern that Trump might be misled by the CEX co-founder. The messages reveal that Tyler Winklevoss mentioned the civil case between CEX and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a message he sent to Quintenz, which was settled in January with a $5 million fine. "The CFTC has completely abused its privilege in the deliberation process and many other acts of misconduct, to the extent that we cannot even defend ourselves fairly in court," Winklevoss wrote in a text message to Quintenz on July 25. According to the future CFTC chairman, the two brothers are seeking certain assurances to avoid what they call the agency's "lawfare trophy hunting," and he stated that he is unwilling to provide those assurances.