Rostin Behnam
CFTC redefining ‘swaps’ to protect prediction market sports bets
CFTC touts year-end enforcement wins, seeks new swap rules for prediction markets, and eyes Adam Kinzinger as Congress widens its...
US Senate Ag committee releases market structure draft
Crypto markets surge as the Senate Agriculture unveils a draft of digital asset market structure legislation; meanwhile, the IRS okays...
Trump having seismic impact on crypto even before he takes oath
Trump's second term as U.S. president is still a week away, but his impact on crypto is already huge. BTC's...
Coinbase crows over SEC court rulings, cringes at CFTC subpoena
Coinbase is celebrating some partial legal victories against America’s securities regulator while trying to dodge a new customer info request...
CFTC Chair Behnam quitting; Winklevii reach $5M settlement
The settlement will see Gemini pay a hefty penalty to the CFTC for a lawsuit the latter filed in 2022....
CFTC records $17B monetary relief in 2024, thanks to digital assets
In 2024, the U.S. agency brought 58 new enforcement actions, including precedent-setting digital asset commodities cases, but the crackdown of...
