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Who is Selig? CFTC pick is smart and social, but some say too green

Colleagues praise crypto smarts and collegial style, but views on prediction markets and funding trouble Senate

Michael Selig
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In the clubby world of east coast US lawyers, Michael Selig emerges as a gregarious bridge-builder – smart and socially adept.

The Trump nominee for chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission draws praise from mentors and colleagues past and present as much for his people skills as for his keen legal mind and knowledge of crypto.

If he’s confirmed, Selig, who is chief counsel of the

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