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Commodity, Crypto Pool Operator Faces CFTC Fraud Charges

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued a North Carolina man, accusing him of operating a commodity pool featuring crypto that defrauded investors...

Supreme Court Overturns Humphrey’s Executor, Clearing Trump to Fire SEC and CFTC Commissioners

The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overturns a 91-year-old precedent shielding independent agency commissioners from at-will removal, with direct implications for...

CFTC Expands Polymarket Probe to Staged Trades and Fake Wins

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is conducting a broad investigation into Polymarket covering staged trades and fake winning bets, Bloomberg reported Friday, advancing the...

Bipartisan Senators Ask CFTC Chair Whether Agency Is Investigating Polymarket’s Fake-Bet Campaign

Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis sent a letter to CFTC Chair Michael Selig Thursday asking whether the agency is investigating Polymarket's paid influencer...

17 Democratic Senators Seek to Bar CFTC From Funding Prediction-Market State Lawsuits

Seventeen Democratic senators are urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to include a rider in the FY2027 spending bill that would prohibit the CFTC from...

Senators Urge CFTC Probe Polymarket Over Faked Ads Report

A bipartisan pair of US senators has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate the prediction market platform Polymarket after it reportedly...

US Senators Push to End CFTC ‘Assault’ on State Oversight of Prediction Markets

A group of 17 Democratic US senators is pressing leadership in a key committee to address the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) using federal...

SEC, CFTC Seek Input on Unified Portfolio Margin Rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have opened a joint public consultation on whether to better align...

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...