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CFTC Staff No-Action Letter Opens Path For True Digital Commodity Perpetuals
CFTC staff issued no-action guidance related to digital commodity perpetual futures.
Kraken Prepares CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures Launch For US Traders
Kraken is preparing a regulated US perpetual futures launch through Bitnomial, potentially bringing one of crypto’s…
Legacy sportsbooks are chasing prediction markets that already trade billions each month
DraftKings told investors on June 9 that its prediction markets business is scaling fast, and the market liked what i…
CFTC sues New Mexico in latest bid to assert authority over sports betting markets
New Mexico is the next state in the CFTC's crosshairs as the fight continues over regulatory jurisdiction over sports…
Former SEC Chair Gensler rejects CFTC claim of authority over prediction market sports betting
Gary Gensler is calling malarkey the claim that the CFTC has jurisdiction over prediction markets, specifically sport…
Americans secretly drove as much as $34 billion in offshore prediction market bets, new report claims
A new report from a boutique consulting firm claims that nearly a third of U.S. prediction market volume occurs on of…
Community bank group launches new ad campaign targeting Clarity Act stablecoin reward language
A key group representing small to mid-sized community banks plans to launch a new ad warning of risks in digital asse…
CFTC unveils sweeping rule proposal for fast-growing prediction markets
The CFTC proposed new rules for burgeoning prediction markets that delineate what bets would be allowed under federal…
Hyperliquid’s UK warning reveals the regulatory test behind its Wall Street push
Hyperliquid’s rapid growth has drawn a warning from Britain’s financial regulator, adding a consumer-protection c…
JPMorgan says crypto bill may have only a narrow window for passage this year
JPMorgan analysts said the crypto market structure bill, or Clarity Act, may have only a narrow window for passage th…
How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sp…
Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry’s landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has b…
Coinbase To Bring Global Crypto Derivatives To US Institutions After CFTC Nod
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now opened the path for Coinbase and other CFTC-registered exc…
Clarity Act Risks Regulation Without Oversight, Brookings Fellow Says
As Congress weighs crypto legislation, Aaron Klein says the CFTC needs more resources, independence and coordination …
CFTC opens door for crypto perpetual future contracts in US as Coinbase, Kalshi move forward
The CFTC opened the doors for perpetual futures contracts, giving way for Kalshi and Coinbase to offer those products.
Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets
The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate …
Kalshi’s turn: Prediction markets platform sues Minnesota over law going into effect in August
Following the CFTC's suit, Kalshi has sued the state of Minnesota after Governor Tim Walz signed a law blocking predi…
White House reviews CFTC prediction-market rule as Trump backs federal control
The proposal could shape how Kalshi, Polymarket, and other event-contract platforms operate as states challenge the C…
CFTC says it shouldn’t have sued Gemini, joins motion to vacate prior judgment
The CFTC joined Gemini in filing a motion for relief from a 2025 consent order stemming from the agency's previous en…
US charges Google engineer with using internal search data to pocket $1.2 million on Polymarket
Prosecutors charged Spagnuolo with fraud and money laundering, while the CFTC filed a complaint alleging insider trad…
U.S. CFTC files request to erase Gemini settlement that it no longer considers fair
The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current managem…
White House starts review of CFTC’s prediction markets rulemaking as Trump backs agency authority
The White House is reviewing proposed prediction market rules as President Trump throws his support behind the CFTC.
TD Cowen says Trump’s CFTC prediction markets post unlikely to change legal fight
The future of prediction markets will likely be decided by the Supreme Court, while states still appear to hold the a…
‘Critically important’: President Trump backs CFTC Chair Selig’s push to expand prediction market authority
President Donald Trump is publicly backing his CFTC Chair Michael Selig in his push to have authority over prediction…
Trump praises prediction markets, defends CFTC as court cases compound
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "critically important" that the CFTC keep "exclusive authority" over predicti…
TD Cowen says crypto bill unlikely to pass this year amid worsening political environment
The political environment around the Clarity Act is getting worse, TD Cowen says, making it harder for the crypto bil…
NYT investigation alleges CFTC purged staff who questioned Trump-tied crypto firms
Two officials who intervened to help three firms win approvals over staff objections, per the NYT, have since taken j…
Kalshi-backed prediction market advocacy group debuts with support from former Trump aide
An advocacy group focused on prediction markets has emerged with support from former White House Deputy Chief of Staf…
NHL, CFTC team up with memorandum of understanding as sports-based prediction markets balloon
Prediction markets are skating out of the penalty box into the mainstream as the CFTC strikes another agreement with …
Crypto Access To Banks In Focus After Trump’s New Executive Order
Wyoming’s special purpose depository institutions — companies built around crypto — could soon have a path to s…