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Polymarket seeks CFTC approval to reopen main exchange to U.S. traders: Bloomberg

Polymarket is seeking approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to bring its main prediction market back to U.S. users.The company has discussed...

CFTC sues Wisconsin in agency’s legal campaign defending prediction markets authority

Wisconsin has joined the growing number of U.S. states being sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as that agency insists on its jurisdiction...

SEC, CFTC Chiefs Signal ‘New Day’ For Onshore Crypto

SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig used back‑to‑back fireside chats on the Nakamoto Stage at The Bitcoin 2026 Conference...

CFTC Sues New York Over bid to Apply Gambling Laws to Prediction Markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against New York to stop the state from applying its gambling laws to federally...

U.S. CFTC adds New York to string of states its suing to stop prediction market pushback

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued New York on Friday in its latest action to shield what the agency has argued is its...

With No Bipartisan Leadership, CFTC ‘Won’t Slow Down‘ on Rulemaking

The chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Michael Selig, said he would not wait for the appointment of additional commissioners to lead...

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,...