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CFTC Exercises Emergency Authority Amid New York Prediction Market Dispute

On August 11, the CFTC announced that it exercised its emergency authority under Section 8a(9) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and ordered a federally regulated event-contract...

CFTC proposes ending SEF order book mandate

The CFTC has proposed removing a 13-year-old order book requirement for certain swap transactions, with public comments due within 30 days of its Federal Register publication. The...

CFTC Enforcement Brings Another Event Contracts Case

CFTC uses unprecedented authority to keep Kalshi operating

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has invoked unprecedented emergency authority to allow prediction market Kalshi to continue operating, directly responding to a laws...

CFTC ends large trader reporting for commodity swaps

The CFTC has eliminated Part 20 large trader reporting requirements for physical commodity swaps, ending daily and event-based reporting obligations for clearing organizations, cle...

CFTC seeks urgent ruling on Minnesota prediction market ban

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked a federal court to expedite its ruling against Minnesota before the state’s prediction-market ban takes effect on Aug. 1. CF...

24/7 Trading and Clearing: Recent CFTC Developments and Key Issues for Market Participants

CFTC plans crypto rules regardless of CLARITY Act

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has prepared digital asset market structure proposals that could move forward even if Congress does not pass the CLARITY Act. Whale Insider...

CLARITY Act could give CFTC more tools for prediction markets

CLARITY Act could expand CFTC duties as lawmakers debate prediction market oversight, staffing limits and rising federal-state disputes now.

CFTC Cites Bitcoin Position in Emergency Order Shielding Kalshi

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered Kalshi to keep running its exchange after finding that New York’s attempt to stop the platform presented a market emergency....

CFTC Reaffirms Regulatory Authority, ‘Rules of the Road’ For Prediction Markets During Innovation Meeting

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael S. Selig reaffirmed the commission’s regulatory authority over prediction markets and promised “clear rules of the road” for the...

CLARITY Act could help CFTC deal with prediction markets: Lawyer

According to one lawyer testifying before a House subcommittee hearing, the CLARITY Act could grant the CFTC the authority it needs to address the “explosive growth of prediction m...

CFTC files to dismiss CME lawsuit over crypto perpetual futures

The CFTC’s lawyers called the lawsuit “much ado about nothing,“ claiming that the CME Group lacked standing to file and argued against its claims over crypto perpetual futures.The...

Ninth Circuit Rejects Prediction Markets’ Claim That Sports Event Contracts Are “Swaps” Under the Commodity Exchange Act

The Same but Different: The CFTC Proposes to Re-Codify Regulation 4.13(A)(4)... Sort Of

Selig Turns up the Heat as CFTC Readies Its Own Crypto Rules

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig has ordered agency staff to prepare a backup regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets if Congress fails to...

CFTC Warns Prediction Markets: Stop Displaying Swap Prices Like Sports Betting Odds

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reminding its licensed prediction markets that they are financial exchanges, not gambling operators, and therefore should avoid d...

CFTC seeks feedback on CPO and CTA rule changes

The CFTC has opened a 45-day comment period on proposals that would double the small-pool exemption threshold to $800,000 and ease registration rules for some fund advisers. CFTC p...

Hyperliquid policy group cites 2 flaws in CME lawsuit

The Hyperliquid Policy Center has asked a federal court to dismiss CME Group’s lawsuit against the CFTC, arguing that the derivatives exchange lacks standing and cannot rely on the...

CFTC invokes emergency powers to keep Kalshi operating in New York fight

The order escalates a jurisdictional fight over whether states may treat federally regulated event contracts as illegal gambling.The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...

CFTC resolves FTX cases against Ellison and Wang

A U.S. federal court has resolved the CFTC’s cases against Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang by imposing five-year trading bans and registration bans of up to 10 years. The Commodity...

Sebi sees no CAS manipulation, eyes more participation

In a recent statement, Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey confirmed that the closing auction sessions showed no manipulation. He linked earlier discrepancies to cautious trading in t...

What is a DCM? The license behind prediction markets

Designated contract markets explained: the CFTC exchange license, 23 core principles, the three-registration stack, and why firms buy them.

How event contracts get listed: Self-certification

Exchanges list prediction markets by filing a form, not asking permission. The Rule 40.11 trapdoor and the CFTC's June 2026 rulemaking, explained.