Selig suddenly brought in two of his own people, and the Chicago office is undergoing a personnel change. It’s worth paying attention to which side the balance between compliance and innovation leans toward.

CryptoWorld News reports that the U.S. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig has appointed Donald Battle as Chief Data Innovation Officer, and J Matthew Haws as Senior Advisor to the Chairman's Office and Head of the Chicago Region. Donald Battle will serve in the Data Division and Innovation Working Group, having previously been a Senior Advisor to the SEC Crypto Task Force and Assistant Director of the Enforcement Data Science Team. J Matthew Haws, formerly a Senior Legal Advisor at Marex and a Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, will be responsible for regulatory and market compliance affairs in the Chicago office.