Tag: #cftc

CFTC Approves First Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract for U.S. Exchange; KalshiEX to List BTCPERP

The CFTC approved KalshiEX's cash-settled bitcoin perpetual futures contract, the first formal approval for a perp on a CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange.

#crypto, #bitcoin, #cftc, #derivatives, #kalshiex

CFTC Staff Says Some Deribit Perpetuals Can Be Treated as Foreign Futures; Coinbase Subsidiary Gets Conditional No-Action Relief

CFTC staff says Deribit perpetuals may qualify as foreign futures and grants Coinbase Financial Markets conditional relief to post customer crypto as margin.

$COIN, #cftc, #coinbase, #crypto, #deribit

Army Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket, CFTC Says

CFTC and Manhattan prosecutors say an Army master sergeant used classified info from a 2026 operation to earn over $400,000 trading on Polymarket.

#cftc, #polymarket, #insidertrading, #crypto

U.S. and CFTC sue New York to block state enforcement against prediction markets

The CFTC and U.S. sued New York seeking a federal ruling that event contracts are covered by federal commodities law, not state gambling rules.

$COIN, #cftc, #predictionmarkets, #gambling, #regulation, #newyork