CFTC

The US CFTC bans Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX (www.bloomberg.com)
5 hours ago CFTC

As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws (www.reuters.com)
1 day ago CFTC

Sources: the CFTC has launched a probe into prediction markets' “mention markets”, prompting Kalshi to remove bets on word choices from sports-related offerings (www.npr.org)
5 days ago CFTC

Kalshi referred 32 possible insider traders to the CFTC in the three months through June; sources: CFTC has up to 20 ongoing probes using just Kalshi's evidence (www.nytimes.com)
7 days ago CFTC

The CFTC uses its “emergency authority” to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi (www.coindesk.com)
7 days ago New York CFTC

ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market that is also building a B2B business to sell its exchange infrastructure to other companies, raised $35M (www.axios.com)
18 days ago CFTC

New York sues Kalshi for alleged violations of its gambling laws; the CFTC files an emergency motion to stop the state's enforcement, calling it an “overreach” (www.reuters.com)
19 days ago New York CFTC

Filing: Polymarket is seeking CFTC approval to offer margin trading in the US, a move that would let users bet on events with less capital upfront (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-10 CFTC

Sources: the CFTC began an extensive investigation of Polymarket earlier this year; the agency's former acting head killed a separate investigation in July 2025 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-6-27 CFTC

The CFTC permanently bans Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from trading in markets it oversees as part of a settlement resolving its 2023 lawsuit against him (cointelegraph.com)
2026-6-19 CFTC

Sources: the CFTC will propose new prediction market rules, banning bets it finds aren't in the public interest or that seem highly susceptible to manipulation (www.wsj.com)
2026-6-10 CFTC

CFTC chair Michael Selig says Gemini was the victim of Biden-era political targeting, a week after the CFTC motioned to vacate a 2025 order against the exchange (www.cnbc.com)
2026-6-3 CFTC

Kalshi plans to offer perpetual futures contracts, saying it will be “the first company in American history to offer” them, to be “fully regulated” by the CFTC (www.axios.com)
2026-5-30 U.S. CFTC

The CFTC moves to vacate a $5M settlement with Gemini, reversing a Biden-era enforcement action, following a lobbying campaign by the Winklevoss twins (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-29 CFTC

The CFTC files alongside Gemini to nullify Gemini's $5M settlement in January 2025, arguing that the agency's current management wouldn't have pursued the case (www.coindesk.com)
2026-5-28 CFTC

Trump says it is “critically important” that the CFTC has exclusive authority to oversee prediction markets, as some US states attempt to regulate them (thehill.com)
2026-5-27 Trump CFTC

How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-25 Trump CFTC

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state; the CFTC has sued Minnesota in response (www.npr.org)
2026-5-20 CFTC

The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity Act, which would make CFTC the primary regulator for most digital assets while SEC oversees digital securities (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 Asset Senate CFTC

Sources: Polymarket has discussed lifting the prohibition on US-based customers with the CFTC, as it seeks to bring its main exchange back to the US (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 CFTC

The US CFTC sues New York, accusing the state of invading its authority to regulate prediction markets by filing lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-25 New York Coinbase CFTC

The US CFTC says a district court judge granted its request for a temporary restraining order barring Arizona from continuing its criminal case against Kalshi (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-11 CFTC

A federal appeals court rules New Jersey cannot block Kalshi users in the state from sports-related event contracts, finding CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-7 CFTC

The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets (www.cnbc.com)
2026-4-3 CFTC

Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket (www.wsj.com)
2026-3-23 Ban CFTC

Sources: Polymarket is looking to hire a chief risk officer following a CFTC demand; the company has expanded its legal team in recent months (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-19 CFTC

SEC and CFTC issue guidance on which digital assets are securities, carving out stablecoins, digital collectives, and digital commodities as non-securities (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-18 Commodity Asset CFTC

The US SEC and CFTC announce an agreement to coordinate operations where their duties overlap, including building a combined crypto oversight framework (www.coindesk.com)
2026-3-12 CFTC

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits (www.axios.com)
2026-2-18 CFTC

A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's lucrative shift toward sports, as high-profile real-world bets raise questions about access, integrity, and US CFTC regulation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 CFTC

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