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Rostin Behnam

Former Chairman, CFTC

Search every verified Rostin Behnam interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Rostin Behnam, who served as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2017 to 2025, has continued to advocate for federal regulation of digital assets. In June 2025, he said that passing bills around crypto, such as the GENIUS Act for stablecoins, would "legitimize this industry" and argued that "in the balance between an unregulated market where investors are getting hurt and legitimizing an industry, my take was we need to put regulation and guardrails around the industry." He stated that the industry is "supportive of a thoughtful approach" and that regulation would provide "credibility but also get certainty." Behnam also said that "without action by Congress, the crypto market... is unregulated" and that "from a customer protections market resiliency standpoint, it is better that we start moving towards a regulated market." Behnam has also spoken about the need for Congress to address gaps in regulation for digital commodity spot markets)Skip to content

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“The CFTC is looking at stablecoins and whether or not stablecoins can be used as collateral for margin. That's a big deal.”

“To your question, Mike, the CFTC does not have authority over commodity digital assets spot markets, and that really is the problem. If you look at that $4 trillion market cap, you're talking about 60 to 70% of that $4 trillion that is unregulated.”

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