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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…
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has moved to defend its authority over prediction markets, filing a friend-of-the-court brief as state-level legal challenges against the sector intensify. CFTC defends control of US prediction markets In a video posted on…
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The Commodity and Futures Trading Commission expanded its Innovation Advisory Committee to a 35-member panel on Thursday with the addition of executives from leading crypto-facing entities like Coinbase and Ripple, among others. An updated list with 23 new appointments, layered…
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A proposal to ban sports and political prediction markets issued under the Biden administration has been formally withdrawn by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. According to a Feb. 4 statement from CFTC Chair Michael Selig, the 2024 proposal reflected what…
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The US Senate Banking Committee, led by Chairman Tim Scott, has postponed the markup of a crypto market structure bill that was scheduled for Thursday. “I’ve spoken with leaders across the crypto industry, the financial sector, and my Democratic and…
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Bitnomial has cleared a key regulatory step that allows it to launch prediction markets in the U.S. Bitnomial has taken a regulatory step that opens the door to a rapidly growing type of U.S.-based crypto trading. According to a Jan.…
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