Amir Zaidi, instrumental in the launch of BTC futures, appointed as CFTC Chief of Staff

### **CFTC Taps Amir Zaidi as Chief of Staff Amid Digital Asset Regulation Push** January 1: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Wednesday that Amir Zaidi— a key policymaker who helped launch regulated Bitcoin futures in the U.S.— has returned after six years to serve as the agency’s Chief of Staff. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig noted that as Congress moves to send digital asset market structure legislation to the President’s desk, Zaidi will bring critical experience and expertise to the CFTC as it develops rules for the rapidly evolving commodity market. Zaidi previously held multiple roles at the CFTC from 2010 to 2019, including serving as Director of the Division of Market Oversight in his final two years there. In that role, he oversaw and fostered the establishment of the U.S.’s regulated Bitcoin futures market. ### Notes on U.S. Language Habits: 1. **Headline first**: Leads with the core news (personnel + context) to grab attention (standard for U.S. news briefs). 2. **Dateline clarity**: Uses "January 1: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission..." (common for time-sensitive updates). 3. **Concise phrasing**: Replaces redundant phrases (e.g., "previously facilitated the launch" → "helped launch") to match U.S. news brevity. 4. **Role context**: Explicitly links Zaidi’s past work (Bitcoin futures launch) to current tasks (digital asset regs) to highlight relevance (a key U.S. news framing technique). 5. **Formal but natural**: Uses "agency’s" instead of repeating "CFTC" to avoid redundancy, and "moves to send" (dynamic verb) to reflect congressional progress (common in U.S. policy coverage).