Former CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo Leaves Willkie for Crypto Policy Work

The core claim is that former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo is leaving Willkie and shifting to full-time advisory work in corporate and crypto technology, with supporting background that his regulatory career included the launch of federally regulated bitcoin futures and advocacy for a digital dollar. The fetched article "Giancarlo quits Willkie to double down on crypto, AI and ‘CryptoDad’ sequel" directly supports all major elements: it says he stepped down from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to focus full-time on digital assets, AI, advisory work, and policy research, and it explicitly states that during his CFTC tenure he oversaw the launch of the first regulated bitcoin futures and later advocated a digital dollar through the Digital Dollar Project. The PANews article "前CFTC主席Chris Giancarlo全职担任科技与加密顾问 | PANews" independently repeats the same substance and cites The Block as its source. Source provenance is strengthened because the Odaily link traces directly to The Block article "Former CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo full-time tech, crypto advisor," matching the claim. A separate web search also surfaced Crypto in America with the same headline-level claim, providing corroboration. The only limitation is that The Block page itself could not be fetched successfully in this run, so that exact page is not validated, but the combination of validated reporting and traced provenance makes the statement very likely true.