Bart Chilton

Cryptocurrency regulators lost a champion Monday. Bart Chilton, a former commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, died from complications of pancreatic cancer at 58 years old. His death was announced Saturday by RT America, according to Bloomberg.  Chilton served with the...

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission's Bart Chilton pushed to pass new regulations on swaps trades on a global scale on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning. Today, the regulations passed 3-1. Related: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Defends 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act "We are doing a cross-...

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Bart Chilton appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday to discuss the Bloomberg News terminal spying scandal and his hopes for future accountability through new regulations on swap-execution facilities. "Once Bloomberg would be under us, under our...

Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday to discuss having his eye on the digital currency Bitcoin. The peer-to-peer electronic cash system isn't currently managed by a central authority, and because Bitcoin is accepted by many people...

Bart Chilton, Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission appeared on CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday morning, saying he wants to add transaction fees on derivatives and swaps to help fund his agency, and to hopefully tighten regulation. "On the transaction fee, this is a thing that's...