According to an investigation by The New York Times, CFTC officials were dismissed after raising questions about Polymarket, Cryptocom, and Gemini's affiliated company Gemini Titan, all of which have business ties to the Trump family. The report states that acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham and senior legal advisor Brigitte Weyls intervened to help the three companies obtain approval or avoid scrutiny; both later joined MoonPay and Gemini Titan respectively. The officials were concerned that Cryptocom was not treating small bettors fairly, that Polymarket lacked sufficient fraud protection, and that Gemini Titan had not yet completed the necessary reviews for opening. Additionally, during the second Trump administration, the CFTC withdrew at least five cryptocurrency investigations, only announcing two cases involving digital assets, both targeting individual operators; by contrast, during the Biden administration, more than 80 related cases were filed.
「ニューヨーク・タイムズ」の調査によると、CFTCはトランプ関連の暗号会社のスタッフを追放することに疑問を呈している