Revolving Door
Brian Quintenz: From CFTC Commissioner to A16z Advisor to CFTC Chair
Brian Quintenz's career — CFTC commissioner, a16z policy advisor, nominated CFTC Chair — encapsulates the revolving door dynamics of US crypto regulation and represents the most crypto-friendly CFTC leadership in the agency's history.
Regulatory Capture
The phenomenon whereby regulatory agencies come to serve the interests of the industries they regulate rather than the public interest, through mechanisms including the revolving door, lobbying, and information asymmetry.
Regulatory Capture in Crypto: The Systematic Analysis
Regulatory capture — where regulated industries gain control of their regulators — is the central political economy problem in crypto regulation. The evidence from the US, EU, and UK reveals multiple forms of capture, each with different consequences.
The Political Economy of Tokenization: Lobbying, Power, and Who Writes the Rules
Why tokenization regulation looks the way it does — the interests, coalitions, institutional dynamics, and political forces that shape digital asset law.
The Revolving Door in Crypto Regulation
The movement of personnel between crypto regulatory agencies and the crypto industry, raising questions about regulatory capture while providing genuine expertise to both sectors.
The Revolving Door in Crypto Regulation: A Systematic Map
The movement of individuals between crypto industry and government regulatory positions — in both directions — is the most structurally significant feature of US crypto regulatory politics in 2024-2026.
The Tokenization Lobby: Who Funds What and Why It Matters
A mapping of the full lobbying ecosystem around crypto and tokenization policy — from Fairshake PAC's $202.9 million war chest to TradFi counter-lobbying, think tank funding, and the revolving door.