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According to a CFTC press release, Amir Zaidi has been named Chief of Staff at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), effective December 31, 2025. The agency said Chairman Michael S. Selig made the announcement and noted Zaidi’s long history with the regulator.
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Zaidi first joined the commission in 2010 and served in various roles through 2019. He spent his last two years at the agency as Director of the Division of Market Oversight, a post he took on in 2017.
Reports have disclosed that in that role he helped shape the policy steps that led to the launch of regulated Bitcoin futures in the US
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