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Hyperliquid Policy Center and Multicoin back CFTC prediction-market rules, seeking federal oversight and public reason for contract reviews.
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Designated contract markets explained: the CFTC exchange license, 23 core principles, the three-registration stack, and why firms buy them.
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Prices are well calibrated and predictably wrong in five ways: longshot bias, capital lock-up, thin books, fees, and resolution risk.
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Exchanges list prediction markets by filing a form, not asking permission. The Rule 40.11 trapdoor and the CFTC's June 2026 rulemaking, explained.
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CFTC warns prediction markets again against broad self-certifications as its July 27 deadline for proposed event-contract rules nears.
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Some provisions fire at signature. The rest wait years for two short-staffed agencies. The two-speed map of crypto's biggest law, explained.
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Gemini donated over $10 million in Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., weeks after joining the CFTC's motion to vacate parts of its $5 million settlement.
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CLARITY Act could expand CFTC duties as lawmakers debate prediction market oversight, staffing limits and rising federal-state disputes now.
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Washington has spent a year arguing about which agency should regulate a $2.2 trillion market. Nobody checked whether that agency has anyone in the building. It has one person, four empty chairs, and a plan involving artificial intelligence. For a…
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CFTC has ordered Kalshi to keep operating in Michigan despite the platform already unwinding sports event trades to comply with a state court order, deepening the dispute over who regulates prediction markets in the U.S. According to a July 14…
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The Howey test explained: the 1946 Supreme Court standard deciding which crypto tokens are securities, and how the CLARITY Act could replace it.
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North Carolina has become the first U.S. state to explicitly recognize the CFTC’s authority over prediction markets while setting a 6% state tax on their trading fee revenue. Under Senate Bill 257, signed by Governor Josh Stein on July 7…
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Hyperliquid Policy Center and Phantom have urged the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to update its rulebook for onchain trading, arguing that existing regulations built for traditional financial markets do not fit decentralized infrastructure. According to a joint comment letter…
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CME Group has faced a regulatory setback after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission delayed the immediate launch of its planned 24/7 crude oil futures trading. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the…
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CFTC sues Trevor Vernon and Argent Capital over alleged $14M crypto pool fraud involving Bitcoin, Ether, futures, and investor funds misuse.
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U.S.-linked wallets traded $571M on Polymarket politics despite a ban, with demand leaning toward foreign-conflict markets.
