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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plays a key role in crypto regulation, making CFTC news critical for market participants. As the agency oversees derivatives and trading platforms, its stance on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets influences industry policies. Ongoing legal cases and enforcement actions continue shaping the regulatory landscape.
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US regulators are investigating whether private information about the Trump administration’s military strategy in Iran was used to profit from massive oil trades. Bloomberg reports that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is examining suspicious activity on the CME Group’s…
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Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo is leaving the legal profession to commit himself fully to the digital asset space as a strategic adviser for fintech and cryptocurrency startups. The announcement came via a social media post on Sunday, where Giancarlo…
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CFTC named five members of its innovation task force as the agency expands work on crypto, AI, and prediction market rules.
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U.S. lawmakers have begun questioning the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the agency’s inaction on alleged insider trading in prediction markets tied to geopolitical events. Seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to CFTC Chair Michael…
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Progress on a potential crypto safe harbor framework is now entering a key regulatory phase as it is up for White review. US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the agency’s proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets” package has been…
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Nevada judge extended the ban on Kalshi, ruling its event contracts match sports betting and require a gaming license.
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Polymarket removed a market on a missing US service member after backlash, saying the listing failed internal integrity standards on Friday.
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Eight years ago, on April 29, 2018, quoting a crypto industry founder, Dr. Emin Gun Sirer, I wrote about Ethereum’s (ETH) decentralized nature, which qualified ETH as a commodity for US law purposes. The regulatory uncertainty, regarding whether ETH [and…
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Department of Justice have filed lawsuits against Illinois, Connecticut, and Arizona over the federal government’s authority to regulate prediction markets. According to a complaint filed against Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Attorney…
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Former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh has agreed to pay a $3.7 million fine to resolve his case with the US commodities regulator. Singh will pay a disgorgement of $3.7 million as part of a supplemental consent order for…
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The top enforcement official at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a direct warning to traders operating in prediction markets, making it clear that insider trading rules will be enforced as scrutiny around the sector intensifies. Speaking at New…
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Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin’s parent company has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty in a settlement that claimed it operated an unregistered offshore commodities exchange. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a Monday announcement that KuCoin’s parent company, Peken…
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The CFTC’s first no-action letter for a self-custodial wallet and a joint SEC-CFTC move classifying XRP as a digital commodity give non-custodial XRP infrastructure a clearer path into regulated derivatives. A regulatory development that passed largely unnoticed last week is…
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The White House will review new prediction market measures proposed by the CFTC. The White House is set to review a new package of prediction market measures submitted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, underscoring how on-chain and traditional…
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A federal judge in Tennessee has granted a preliminary injunction preventing state officials from enforcing gambling laws against prediction market platform Kalshi, marking a significant win for the federally regulated exchange in its escalating legal battles with state regulators. Tennessee…
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The Nevada Gaming Control Board has filed a civil enforcement action against KalshiEX LLC, accusing the federally regulated prediction market of offering unlicensed wagering in the state. Nevada moves to block Kalshi’s event trading In a complaint filed in Carson…
