By Hannah Lang

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brian Quintenz, on Wednesday accused crypto entrepreneur Tyler Winklevoss of lobbying the White House to stall his nomination after a text exchange.

In a post on X, Quintenz said it was his understanding that after the text exchange on July 24 Winklevoss and his brother Cameron Winklevoss contacted Trump and asked that Quintenz’s nomination be paused.

Spokespeople for Winklevoss, the White House and the CFTC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Tyler Winklevoss and his brother Cameron both donated $1 million in bitcoin to Trump’s election campaign last year.

In screenshots of the text exchange that Quintenz posted to X, Winklevoss flagged a 2022 CFTC lawsuit ag

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