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.

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 ...

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 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.

Join Washington Post Live journalists Leigh Ann Caldwell and Tory Newmyer for a series of conversations with Rostin Behnam, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Sens. Kirsten ...

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 ...

Commissioner Johnson and Chair Rostin Behnam voted to adopt the proposed rule, while Commissioners Summer Mersinger and Christy Goldsmith Romero voted “no” and Commissioner Caroline Pham ...

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 ...

President Biden named Rostin Behnam as acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the latest in a string of interim appointments to head federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Biden ...

Chairman of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Rostin Behnam has called Ethereum a commodity and not a security, in apparent contrast to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...