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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs broader authority from Congress to more effectively oversee digital assets, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam said.

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 ...

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 ...

In his final official remarks before stepping down as chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Rostin ‘Russ’ Behnam quipped that it is only natural for outgoing stewards of the agency ...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is at an “inflection point” after a court decision legalized contracts that allow speculators to bet on election outcomes, Chairman Rostin Behnam ...

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 ...

After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's court defeat last week in the agency's pursuit of Kalshi's election contracts, the regulator's chairman, Rostin Behnam, said it will still ...