U.S. CFTC's Johnson Says She'll Also Exit, Leaving an Empty House for Incoming Chair

The U.S. crypto industry's potential primary watchdog, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has a staffing problem at the top, with the last of its sitting commissioners announcing her departure plans before the arrival of the agency's chairman picked by President Donald Trump.Democrat Kristen Johnson has now joined the other three sitting commissioners in making her departure plans clear on Wednesday, leaving Trump's choice to lead the agency — former Commissioner Brian Quintenz — potentially running an empty commission source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/21/u-s-cftc-s-johnson-says-she-ll-also-exit-leaving-an-empty-house-for-incoming-chair