Election betting: Appeals court fast-tracks CFTC challenge to Kalshi political bets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opposes the offer of bets on political races offered in contracts by Kalshi and ...
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U.S. Election Betting: Federal Court 'Erred' in Letting Kalshi Launch Prediction Markets, CFTC Says
The regulator filed its opening brief in its appeals case to tamp down on political event contracts. Sign up for State of ...
Large bets in election prediction market are from overseas, source says
Four accounts on crypto-based prediction market Polymarket that placed large bets on former President Donald Trump winning ...
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Crypto is buying Congress and understaffed CFTC ‘oversight’
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)—that toy poodle of a government watchdog overseeing the world’s largest ...
CFTC says court ‘erred at every turn’ in allowing Kalshi’s election markets
The CFTC claims a federal court “mistakenly erred” on several key definitions when allowing US betting market platform Kalshi ...
JD Supra11d
Place Your Bets, For Now: Kalshi’s Election Contract Market Goes Live After Court of Appeals Denies CFTC’s Motion to Stay
On September 12, 2024, Judge Jia Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) formally issued a ...
JD Supra11d
CFTC, DOJ and SEC Announce Landmark Prosecutions Alleging Fraud in Connection With Voluntary Carbon Credits
On October 2, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Securities ...
Bitnomial Exchange Preemptively Sues SEC Over Alleged Enforcement Conflict With CFTC
"This is about future contracts and who has jurisdiction over the trading of futures contracts," said Matthew F. Kluchenek, a ...
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CFTC’S New Guidance, Recent High-Profile Enforcement Raise the Stakes for Voluntary Carbon Credit Market Participants
Highlights • The Biden administration and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have recently issued principles and ...
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CFTC: Financials reduce net length across the board, producers build RGGI and WCA holdings
Financial players cut their holdings across the board of North American carbon in the most recent report from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), while emitters also reduced their ...
CME turns to Yellen in battle for dominance of U.S. Treasuries
Terry Duffy is pulling all stops to thwart Howard Lutnick’s plan to launch rival contracts that clear in London.