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CFTC Sues Kentucky to Defend Its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets

The CFTC sued Kentucky on Tuesday to stop the state from using its own laws and a new transaction fee to push federally registered...

CFTC Chair Reiterates Origins in Regulating Agricultural Markets, Despite Crypto and Prediction Markets Push

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig on Tuesday acknowledged fundamental differences in the traditional commodity markets it has long regulated and its...

CFTC Opens Comment on 24/7 Energy Futures and Perpetual Oil Contracts

The CFTC issued a request for comment on running standard futures around the clock and on perpetual contracts referencing physically delivered energy commodities such...

CME Group to Sue CFTC Over Perpetual Futures Approval, Citing Dodd-Frank Swaps Definition

The world's largest derivatives exchange operator said Wednesday it will sue the CFTC over the agency's approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing the...

CFTC Settlement Bans Celsius Founder Mashinsky From Trading

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has resolved its action against Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky, permanently banning him from trading in markets the...

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...

CME Group Sues CFTC Over Crypto Perpetual Futures

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said it was taking legal action against the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over cryptocurrency perpetual futures.In...

CME Group To Sue CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval In Clash Over Dodd-Frank Classification

The CME Group said that it plans to file a lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the agency’s approval...

CME chief executive says company plans to sue CFTC after perpetual futures approval

CME Chief Executive Terrence Duffy said the derivatives provider planned to sue the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after it approved perpetual futures...

SEC Crypto Task Force Adviser to Join CFTC in Move toward Blockchain Forensics

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a new chief data innovation officer with deep experience in blockchain forensics in what could...

CFTC Pulls New Mexico Into Prediction Markets Battle

New Mexico is the latest US state to be pulled into the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s legal fight for its jurisdiction over prediction markets...

Gensler Files Brief Arguing Sports Prediction Markets Fall Outside CFTC Swap Rules

Former CFTC and SEC chair Gary Gensler filed an amicus brief with the Sixth Circuit arguing that sports-event prediction markets are not swaps under...