J. Christopher Giancarlo, affectionately known as “Crypto Dad,” dismissed speculation that he is being considered to replace Gary Gensler as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

On Thursday,  the former Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took to X to deny reports he was seeking the agency’s top job.

“I’ve made clear that I’ve already cleaned up an earlier Gary Gensler mess,” he said. “[I] don’t want to have to do it again.”

He also pushed back against rumors he was seeking “some crypto role” within the U.S. Treasury Department, claiming they were “also wrong.”

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