Sources familiar with the matter: Harris' team is considering two candidates to replace SEC Chairman Gary Gensler

Odaily Odaily News: Two people familiar with the deliberations revealed that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' transition team is reviewing candidates to replace Gary Gensler as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Two possible successors are Professor Chris Brummer of Georgetown University Law School and Erica Williams, chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), who are said to be more optimistic about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin than Gensler. Harris has neither publicly nor privately committed to replacing Gensler, and the extent to which she considers Brummer, Williams or other potential candidates is uncertain. At present, because Harris has been a candidate for a short time and there are other policy issues pending, her team is more focused on voting. A person familiar with the matter said: "It is not clear who the popular candidate is at the moment, and the Harris campaign is worried that if it shows too much positivity about cryptocurrency before the election, it will lose the votes of progressive voters who think cryptocurrency is a 'scam', while not winning actual new voters for her." A spokesperson for Harris' transition team said: "The transition team will not make any personnel selections before the election. Instead, we focus on building the necessary infrastructure to prepare for the inauguration."