The White House also named a former CFTC commissioner and two CLARITY Act veterans as nominees to fill vacancies at the SEC and CFTC.

US President Donald Trump has nominated Steven Levine to replace former Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce, one of the agency’s most prominent crypto advocates, as part of four nominations to fill vacancies at the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The White House’s latest announcement on Thursday named two nominees each for the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, agencies whose decisions help shape US cryptocurrency regulation, among other functions. All four nominations require Senate confirmation.

The nominations would replenish several commissioner roles. The SEC currently has only two of its five commissioner seats filled, while CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is the sole member of his agency’s five-seat commission.

The nominations come weeks before Democrats are set to take control of the Senate in January, giving a narrow window for Republicans to confirm Trump’s picks.

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Levine, a Republican, was nominated for an SEC term ending June 5, 2030, replacing Peirce, who left the agency in October. Peirce was a leading advocate for clearer crypto rules at the SEC, helping shape its approach to digital assets as the former head of its Crypto Task Force, while Levine’s views on crypto regulation are less publicly established.

Trump also nominated Democrat Kristin Johnson, a former CFTC commissioner, for the SEC seat held by Caroline Crenshaw, whose term has also expired.

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