CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Resigns Amid Anti-Crypto Exodus
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced his resignation on Tuesday, just a day after Michael Barr, Federal Reserve Board governor and vice chair for supervision, stepped...
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