(Reuters) – Rostin Behnam, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Revenue Trade Commission, told the Financial Times in an interview that he would step down on Jan. 20, the day the President-elect is expected to be elected. Donald Trump sworn in.
A commissioner at the derivatives regulator since 2017, Behnam led the watchdog's crackdown on crypto exchange Binance and election-related betting.
He said the CFTC remains “well-positioned to be the spot regulator for digital commodity assets”, the newspaper said.
