According to CoinMarketCap, CFTC Chair Michael Selig has appointed Amir Zaidi as chief of staff, noting that Zaidi oversaw the agency’s approval of Bitcoin BTC futures during his previous 2010–2019 tenure. According to the U.S. CFTC, CME and CFE self-certified Bitcoin futures in December 2017, placing Bitcoin derivatives under the commission’s oversight. According to CoinMarketCap and the U.S. CFTC, this links current CFTC leadership to the period when BTC futures were greenlit, a key reference point for crypto derivatives market structure.