Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam said he would step down from his position on Jan. 20, as the country’s top derivatives markets regulator prepares for a second Trump term.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam told POLITICO that he expects a slate of crypto-related enforcement actions in the years ahead. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. By Declan Harty 01/09/2025 12:00 PM EST.

In a statement, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam called the guidance “a critical step in support of the development of high-integrity voluntary carbon markets.” But experts and environmental groups ...

Rostin Behnam, Former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, weighs in on Vice President JD Vance speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference and states regulators are very important to ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Rostin Behnam is a Commissioner for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2020 Forum. The year ...

CFTC head Rostin Behnam told lawmakers his agency needs authority to oversee crypto trading, while Sen. Debbie Stabenow said her committee’s legislation addresses risks posed by practices that ...

Rostin Behnam announced his resignation as CFTC chair. Potential replacements for Behnam include figures like Summer Mersinger, Brian Quintenz, and Marco Santori. These candidates are known for ...

Rostin Behnam, the outgoing Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), made his final public remarks on January 8, 2025, during a fireside chat at the Brookings Institution ...

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the collapse and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He called on Congress ...

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam confirms Binance founder Changpeng Zhao could face jail time for flouting U.S. laws in cryptocurrency operations. Behnam discusses the challenges of aligning U.S ...

At the recent ISDA Annual General Meeting, we sat down with Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam to talk about his view on crypto rules and more.

In what will be his final public speech as head of the derivatives agency, Rostin Benham had a lot to say about digital assets supervision in the U.S. BTC $91,407.30 + 4.22 % ETH ...