CFTC Chairman Selig Highlights AI's Role in Offset Staffing Cuts Amid Expanded Crypto and Prediction Market Oversight
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is embracing artificial intelligence and automation to tackle its growing oversight duties, according to testimony from Chairman Mike Selig, despite a significant decline in the agency's workforce under the Trump administration. Since 2025, about a quarter of the CFTC's staff has departed, due to President Trump's demands for a reduced federal workforce…
April 16, 2026, 4:50 p.m.