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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has now established a stance on how regulated U.S. firms can engage in crypto perpetual futures contracts.

The Gemini exchange already paid a $5 million fine following the agency’s lawsuit.

The CFTC and Gemini jointly challenge lingering court restrictions after controversial Bitcoin futures enforcement case unraveled internally.

The CFTC joins Kalshi lawsuit, arguing Rhode Island cannot apply state gambling laws to event contracts nationwide trading.

The SEC and the CFTC, which have a long history of turf wars that stymied regulation, have brokered an unusual jurisdictional peace accord.

A sweeping public safety bill passed both chambers of Minnesota's legislature this week. If the governor signs it, the state becomes the first in the country to outlaw prediction markets entirely.

CFTC urges appeals court to protect federally regulated prediction markets from conflicting state gambling enforcement actions this year.

The chair of the CFTC, Michael Selig, drew a hard line this week, and the people paying closest attention are the ones trading on platforms like Kalshi.

There are actually three platforms to understand here, not two. The differences matter a lot depending on where you live and how you trade.

From Si RSS Feed: A $22 Billion Valuation Makes Kalshi the Most Valuable Name in Sports Markets

A sympathetic bench made headlines this week. The legal question underneath it is more complicated than the coverage suggests.

The platform just rolled out sweeping new safeguards, and the details reveal something the industry has been quietly avoiding for years.

The unions backing NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLS athletes are calling on US regulators to ban prediction market bets on a player’s underperformance.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a letter — first reported by CNBC — to the CFTC asking for stricter rules for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket.

the CFTC deployed AI to review crypto registrations after losing 20% of staff. yo thats not progress, thats desperation. the agency overseeing crypto derivatives is now letting algorithms decide approvals while polymarket launches, aave runs $300M…

From Reddit - r/cryptocurrency: Polymarket Seeks CFTC Approval to Open Main Exchange to US Traders

As real money floods into platforms like Kalshi, the question of who knows what before markets move is no longer theoretical. The real question is what are the prediction markets doing to protect against it?

Trump said he was "never much in favor" of prediction markets, but his family, his media company and his administration have gotten involved with them.

SEC and CFTC propose hiking Form PF thresholds from $150 million to $1 billion, exempting nearly half of filers while keeping 90% asset coverage. Streamlines cut burdens from prior expansions. Industry hails relief; comments due soon.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) came to the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday (April 16), hoping to talk about… Continue reading CFTC’s one-man show gets awkward on the Hill as lawmakers hammer Selig on sports bets, staffing gaps and…