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Prediction markets have steadily expanded the universe of event contracts in which market participants can take positions, the newest...
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Does federal derivatives law preempt state gaming regulations when a prediction market lists sports-related contracts as swaps? In...
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Background Event contracts, and the prediction markets on which they trade, have seen a sharp rise in popularity in recent years,...
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Following on the heels of the highly publicized first criminal and civil case charging insider trading in prediction markets, the US...
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A federal court has blocked Arizona from enforcing its state gambling laws against prediction markets. In an order issued on May 5, 2026,...
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to defend its jurisdictional turf. The CFTC filed a federal lawsuit against the...
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After previous repeated warnings to market participants that it was monitoring prediction markets for insider trading and...
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The fight over whether prediction markets belong in federal or state court continues to intensify. In the span of two days last week,...
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Just over 100 days into his tenure, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Michael S. Selig appeared...
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This week has proven pivotal for the prediction markets industry, with a series of legal and regulatory developments that could have...
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Making clear that the era of “regulation by enforcement” is over, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Director of Enforcement...
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Staff from the Market Participants Division (MPD) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) issued No-Action...
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Regulatory silos are coming down. In what marks the third joint announcement by the two primary US financial regulatory agencies in less...
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) made waves on March 12 with two pivotal releases intended to shape the...
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In an unusual move, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Enforcement (Division) issued an advisory...
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A new working paper from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve’s (Federal Reserve) Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS)...