The U.S. CFTC has appointed Amir Zaidi as the new chief of staff, who was previously responsible for the certification and deployment of CFTC Bitcoin futures

According to the announcement on the CFTC official website, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mike Selig, has announced that Amir Zaidi will serve as the Chief of Staff of the CFTC. Amir Zaidi held various positions at the U.S. CFTC from 2010 to 2019, including the head of the Market Oversight Division. During his tenure, he was responsible for overseeing the certification and deployment of Bitcoin futures contracts (the first federally regulated cryptocurrency product).

Before returning to the CFTC, Amir Zaidi was the global compliance officer for a large brokerage firm and introducing broker. Prior to 2010, Amir Zaidi held various financial, legal, and regulatory positions in New York and Washington. He has decades of experience in the financial services industry.