U.S. prediction markets regulator issues demand that clashes directly with courts
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said regulated exchanges can’t cut off customers state-by-state, but firms like Kalshi are under court orders to do so.
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Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters
In a statement shared after this article’s publication, Paige Pidano Paridon, the executive vice president and co-head of regulatory affairs at the Bank Policy Institute said, “BPI supports efforts to bring innovative new products and services into the regulated banking ecosystem, provided that the entities… Read More
U.S. regulator warns about cheating risks in ‘mention markets’ on prediction platforms
Popular betting on what an individual might say or do, known as “mention markets,” pose some special dangers in the eyes of the U.S. regulator overseeing prediction market firms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. An advisory issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on… Read More
Trump-backed World Liberty wins conditional bank charter from federal regulator
A federal bank regulator has granted World Liberty Trust Co. a conditional bank charter, it announced Friday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the U.S. banking agency that grants federal charters, said in a letter posted to its website that World Liberty could… Read More
U.S. regulator warns prediction markets against cutting corners in event contracts
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has claimed a role as the leading regulator of prediction markets firms run by companies such as Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com, issued an advisory on Friday reminding the businesses that they shouldn’t cut corners with far-ranging contract… Read More
Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky gets U.S. CFTC ban in final resolution with regulator
The punishments of Alexander Mashinsky, the imprisoned former chief of Celsius until its high-profile collapse, continue with a formal banishment from any ability to seek business with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the trading it oversees. The derivatives regulator didn’t pile any new… Read More