The White House is considering nominating Josh Sterling as CFTC Chairman.

BlockBeats News, September 24th, the White House is considering nominating Josh Sterling as CFTC Chairman.

Josh Sterling previously served as the Director of the Market Participants Division at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC's responsibilities include regulating entities registered in the U.S. derivatives markets, such as banks, intermediaries, asset management companies, etc.; overseeing whether these entities comply with reporting rules, registration requirements, transactional compliance, etc. He also participated in the CFTC's rulemaking efforts under the Dodd-Frank Act and advanced some landmark enforcement actions.

Sterling currently serves as a partner at Milbank law firm, focusing on regulatory and enforcement matters in the areas of derivatives, financial market infrastructure, and cryptocurrency.