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Former CFTC Chair to Focus on Crypto Advisory Work

Chris Giancarlo, the former chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is stepping away from law to become a full-time adviser to cryptocurrency...

CFTC Chair Mike Selig argues for agency’s ‘exclusive regulatory authority’ in prediction markets fight: State of Crypto

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its "exclusive regulatory authority" to oversee prediction markets...

CFTC Announces Initial Crypto Task Force Members

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has unveiled the first members of its new innovation task force as the agency continues its push to...

DOJ and CFTC Seek Halt to Arizona Action Against Kalshi

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) asked a federal court to block Arizona from enforcing state gambling...

DOJ, CFTC Seek to Block Arizona Enforcement Action against Kalshi

The DOJ and CFTC filed to enjoin Arizona's criminal and civil enforcement against prediction market platform Kalshi, arguing federally regulated event contracts fall under...

CFTC presses case that sports betting is finance, seeks to block Arizona enforcement

The U.S. government is making its clearest case yet that betting on sports can be regulated as finance, not gambling.In a filing late Tuesday,...

CFTC Sues 3 US States, Claims Sole Authority Over Prediction Markets

The Trump administration is suing Illinois, Connecticut, Arizona, and their gaming regulators over the federal government’s right to regulate prediction markets.The Commodity Futures Trading...

CFTC sues Illinois over state’s cease-and-desist letters against prediction markets

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois and various state officials on Thursday over the state's...

Former FTX Engineer Nishad Singh Fined $3.7M in CFTC Fraud Case

Nishad Singh, the former head of engineering at FTX, will pay $3.7 million to resolve his case with the US commodities regulator over his...

CFTC Chair Says Agency is Ready to Oversee Entire Crypto Market

Michael Selig, US President Donald Trump’s nominee leading the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said the agency was prepared to oversee the entire $3...

CFTC Warns Prediction Market Insider Traders

The US commodities regulator’s chief enforcement director sent a cautionary message to prediction market insider traders on Tuesday, vowing that violators will face enforcement...

Lawmakers Press CFTC to Warn Federal Employees About Event Contracts

At least 42 Democratic lawmakers have written the US commodities regulator and the US Office of Government Ethics, demanding that it warn federal employees...