Brian Brooks has been named one of the potential candidates for SEC Head, according to the prediction platform Kalshi. Brooks has previously served as Binance.US CEO and chief legal officer of Coinbase.

Based on a Kalshi prediction market, Brian Brooks’ name has come up as one of the top picks for Gary Gensler’s potential replacement alongside big crypto-advocates like Robinhood’s Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher, “Crypto Mom” Hester Pierce, SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda, and “Crypto Dad” J Christopher Giancarlo.

Many traders on X responded positively to Brooks’ inclusion on the list , using the hashtag #BrianBrooksforSEC and tagging Donald Trump in their posts.

Brooks addressed the speculations by outlining key initiatives he believes the future SEC head should prioritize to foster a more crypto-friendly financial sector. Many of these initiatives are rooted in policies from the previous Trump administration during his tenure at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

“Whoever Donald Trump appoints as SEC chair won’t be starting from scratch. In his last administration, President Trump built the infrastructure for two ATH cycles,”

Brooks in a post on X.

The first item that he believes should be on the SEC Chair’s agenda is giving national banks the green light to hold custody over crypto assets. He notes that the SEC would need to have “qualified custodians for institutional crypto asset management.”