The CFTC director responsible for bitcoin futures regulation is reportedly leaving the agency

Amir Zaidi, director of the Division of Market Oversight at the CFTC is reportedly leaving the agency. A Bloomberg Law report on Friday, citing “multiple sources with knowledge of the matter,” said that Zaidi who leads policymaking on bitcoin futures trading, is leaving “within coming weeks.” Zaidi has been with the CFTC since 2010, and was appointed as the director of DMO in January 2017 to lead the “critical division,” according to The Block.

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