美国顶级监管机构主席宣布:特朗普就职之日便辞职

金十数据Опубліковано о 2025-01-07Востаннє оновлено о 2025-01-07

美国顶级监管机构警告称,加密货币监管存在“缺口”,并呼吁加强对政治投注市场的审查。

商品期货交易委员会(CFTC)主席罗斯汀·贝纳姆(Rostin Behnam)表示,他将于1月20日,即当选总统特朗普就职日辞职。

贝纳姆领导了CFTC四年,加深了对加密货币和所谓的事件合约(包括允许对选举进行投注的合约)的审查。与美国证券交易委员会(SEC)主席根斯勒所采取的强硬态度相比,贝纳姆领导下的CFTC对加密货币行业的态度没有那么严厉。不过,CFTC对加密货币交易所币安违反反洗钱法的打击最终导致了历史上最大规模的企业处罚之一,并导致币安首席执行官赵长鹏下台。

但贝纳姆指出,他对包括比特币和其他加密货币在内的数字资产的监管仍然不足感到担忧。

贝纳姆说,“美国监管体系中仍然有一大片数字资产领域不受监管,鉴于一些传统金融机构的采用,以及散户和机构投资者对这些产品的巨大需求,填补这一缺口非常重要。”

他表示,CFTC“仍然有能力成为数字商品资产的现货监管机构”。这位与国会关系密切并得到国会支持的CFTC主席誓言,将利用他的影响力,继续倡导该机构承担这一角色。

CFTC传统上关注的是一些商品的金融衍生品,如期货和期权,而不是商品本身。但贝纳姆认为,许多数字代币符合商品的定义,监管现金加密货币市场将是该机构的“自然选择”。

特朗普尚未提名贝纳姆的继任者,但这位当选总统已经接受了数字资产,并选择了加密货币倡导者保罗·阿特金斯(Paul Atkins)领导SEC。

贝纳姆表示,他支持对数字资产进行“全面、严格的监管”。但他补充说,“重要的是不要走捷径,而是要非常有条理、有目的地制定基于法律的法规”。

贝纳姆表示,他对选举期间蓬勃发展的政治和其他事件投注的合法性和社会影响感到担忧。

CFTC在2023年禁止专注于零售的期货市场Kalshi提供允许投资者押注国会选举的合约。在该公司起诉CFTC后,一名美国法官取消了禁令。

“我对与押注选举、暗杀、恐怖主义和博彩相关的合约深感担忧,”贝纳姆说。随着技术和高需求推动这些市场的增长,“关于什么是合法、什么是非法的界限将变得非常模糊”。

贝纳姆呼吁他的继任者对这一问题给予“新的关注”, “以便我们对我们认为可接受和不可接受的内容有更清晰的界限”。

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