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CFTC seeks to define event contracts as swaps amid prediction market fight

The classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.

CFTC seeks public input on AI compute futures contracts as CME eyes October launch

The regulatory review could shape an emerging market that lets companies and investors trade and hedge the cost of increasingly scarce AI computing power.

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 pushes deeper into politics as it eyes commodity contracts

Prediction market platform Kalshi rolled out its U.S. “Midterms Hub” as it seeks to position itself as the primary reference for election odds in...

Hut 8, IREN land billions in new contracts, lifting AI compute stocks MARA, RIOT, WULF

Shares of bitcoin miners turned AI infrastructure providers surged Monday after Hut 8 (HUT) and IREN (IREN) announced billions of dollars in new contracts,...

Crypto Protocols Must Reaudit Old Smart Contracts, Experts Warn

Blockchain security experts are urging crypto protocols to reaudit their smart contracts as AI tooling is making it easier for hackers to identify vulnerabilities...

ESMA Warns Prediction Market Event Contracts May Fall Under EU Binary Options Ban

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, said in a statement that many prediction market event contracts may already fall...

ESMA Says Many Prediction Market Contracts Fall Under Existing EU Rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that many prediction market contracts may already fall under existing restrictions on binary options, saying companies...

Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto’s $16 billion hack losses. Here’s whats being done.

"Most blockchain infrastructure was originally built for a single-user, single-key model, one private key controls everything, and if that key is lost or stolen,...

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...

Kentucky Sues Prediction Markets Over Sports Event Contracts

Kentucky has sued five prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, adding to a wave of US states launching legal fights with prediction markets...

CFTC Proposes Prediction Market Rules Favoring Sports Contracts

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new rules for prediction markets, signaling that sports event contracts are generally not contrary to...