CFTC

The “interim final” status of the one rule means it becomes immediate policy but will be open for public input as it’s implemented. The other rule proposal explicitly folds “event contracts, including those based …

The classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.

The activity had already drawn attention from Beni, a co-founder of research firm Stealth Neolab, who said Kalshi’s ether perpetual recorded about $539 million in 24-hour volume against just $3.1 million in open interest. …

In brief CFTC market oversight staff said prediction market contracts settling on whether a named person says certain words should be presumed readily susceptible to manipulation. The presumption also covers contracts on attendance, handshakes, …

The CFTC is seeking public comment on how AI compute derivatives should be listed and overseen, including questions around liquidity, benchmark reliability, manipulation and customer protections, as Kalshi, CME, ICE, Polymarket US and Liquid …

The president said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the geoblocked perpetual futures venue into the US “in a fully compliant and legal fashion,” sending HYPE and Hyperliquid Strategies shares up and …