Ben Milne, founder and CEO of Brale, a startup combining aspects of centralized and decentralized finance, was appointed in March as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee. The Technology Advisory Committee was created in 1999 to advise the commission on complex issues at the intersection of technology, law, policy and finance. The committee may provide recommendations relating to the impact and implications of technological change on financial markets and the U.S. economy.