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New Mexico has become the eighth U.S. state drawn into the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s court battle over prediction markets after the regulator filed a lawsuit seeking to block state enforcement against federally regulated exchanges. The CFTC said on Friday…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken New Mexico to federal court over efforts to regulate prediction markets. The lawsuit targets state officials after New Mexico moved against Kalshi over alleged unlicensed sports betting activity. The dispute adds another chapter…
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Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Gary Gensler has joined a growing list of groups challenging sports prediction markets, arguing in a new court filing that Congress never intended federal derivatives laws to cover sports betting contracts. According to…
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup has already positioned Coinbase to capture part of an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion increase in prediction market activity tied to the tournament, according to Bernstein. According to a research report published Thursday by…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new framework for reviewing prediction market contracts that could reshape how platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi operate in the United States. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the CFTC…
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Kalshi has filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list perpetual futures tied to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token, adding the asset to a growing roster of crypto derivatives products under review. According to a recent filing with the Commodity…
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CME Group Chief Executive Terry Duffy has warned that the recent approval of cryptocurrency perpetual futures in the U.S. has created significant risks for investors and the financial system, calling the products “a disaster waiting to happen.” According to remarks…
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The CFTC cleared Coinbase to offer crypto perpetual futures to US traders for the first time, ending a long offshore exclusion. What changed and why it matters.
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CFTC scraps no-deny settlement rule after SEC's May move, giving defendants more room to dispute agency claims in enforcement cases in 2026.
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Kalshi has launched CFTC-approved bitcoin perpetual futures in the United States, giving American traders access to a regulated version of a product that has long been dominated by offshore crypto exchanges. Kalshi announced on X that its bitcoin perpetual futures…
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Kraken plans CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perps within 30 days, while Coinbase and Kalshi move first in the U.S. regulated derivatives race today.
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Congress has advanced a major crypto market bill that would give the CFTC new power over digital commodities despite fresh concerns about the agency’s staffing and funding. Brookings fellow Tonantzin Carmona has warned that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act…
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The CFTC has warned regulated derivatives platforms that round-the-clock trading may suit crypto-native markets but may not work safely across every traditional asset class. The CFTC said in a Friday advisory that exchanges and clearinghouses should carefully assess products before…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved Kalshi to launch the first federally regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contract in the United States, opening a new path for crypto derivatives trading onshore. According to a CFTC announcement released Friday, Kalshi…
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Polymarket has clarified that it is not introducing mandatory Know Your Customer checks across its main prediction market platform despite renewed scrutiny over compliance and restricted-jurisdiction access. In a post on X, Polymarket vice president of engineering Josh Stevens said…
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U.S. authorities have charged a Google software engineer with insider trading tied to prediction markets, as federal regulators continue tightening scrutiny around Polymarket and other event-based trading platforms. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Google employee Michele Spagnuolo allegedly…
