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Bloomberg
21-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Third CFTC Commissioner to Resign Amid Wave of Departures
Democratic Commissioner Kristin Johnson plans to step down from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission later this year, the latest of several high-profile departures at the regulator. Her exit, depending on its timing, could leave the commission with a single member, with either acting Chair Caroline Pham or CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz at the helm, if he is confirmed by the US Senate before Johnson's exit.
Bloomberg
16-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
CFTC to Dwindle to Two Members After Goldsmith Romero Departure
The five-person Commodity Futures Trading Commission will soon be down to just two members, after Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero announced plans to leave the agency at the end of the month. Goldsmith Romero, a Democrat, had already said she would step down when Brian Quintenz, President Donald Trump's nominee for CFTC chair, is confirmed. However, the Senate Agriculture Committee has yet to announce a hearing date for Quintenz, who previously helped lead regulatory policy at a16z, the crypto arm of venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz.
