CFTC Chair Mike Selig argues for agency’s ‘exclusive regulatory authority’ in prediction markets fight: State of Crypto

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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 […]

CFTC’s acting chief Pham poised to go to crypto firm MoonPay once Mike Selig lands

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With an any-minute-now confirmation of Mike Selig to take over the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, its stand-in chief, Caroline Pham, is closer to her longstanding plan to jump to crypto firm MoonPay. As CoinDesk reported last month, Pham was said to be planning to take on the role of chief legal officer and chief […]