Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told CoinDesk that the agency will continue to defend its “exclusive regulatory authority” to oversee prediction markets in court. “It doesn’t matter if it’s on sports, politics or anything else, if it’s a validly offered product within a CFTC-regulated exchange, then we regulate that,” Selig said. You’re reading […]
With Democrats favored at 75% to win the U.S. House of Representatives majority in 2026 on prediction market Kalshi, Representative Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies could gain more energy. Though Congress remains on its winter break, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee called […]
One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulation proposals that was meant to grab segments of the crypto space under the agency’s jurisdiction had sought to expand what trading venues it believes need to register in a way that included digital assets businesses, and Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda is looking to reverse that effort. […]