Golden Finance reports that Rostin Behnam, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will resign from his position on January 20 to make way for the future appointee of elected President Donald Trump. In his final public speech at the Brookings Institution this week, he extensively discussed cryptocurrency and the necessity of elevating the CFTC as its regulatory body. Rostin Behnam stated that cryptocurrency 'has dominated every period of my tenure,' saying, 'Due to the lack of federal legislation, concerns about customer protection, the increase of fraud and market abuse, broader market resilience, and even financial stability are intensifying. We have seen this historically before, where we placed a significant amount of financial activities outside supervision and accountability, and time and again we see that the eventual outcome is disastrous.' He also urged the protection of investors 'eager to include digital asset products in their portfolios.'