CFTC Proposes Event-Contract Swap Rule as Kalshi Seeks Ninth Circuit Rehearing
The CFTC proposed on October 9 to define sports, politics, culture and weather event contracts as swaps. Kalshi is using…
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CFTC Proposes Swap Rule for Event Contracts While Excluding Casino Gambling
On October 9 the CFTC proposed folding sports, political, cultural and weather event contracts into the federal swap definition, and…
CFTC Proposes Bringing Event Contracts Into Federal Swap Rules
As the CFTC opens 30-day comment periods on rules that would treat sports event contracts as swaps, Kalshi-linked promo offers…
Polymarket Gold Markets Show Why Touch Contracts Need Timestamps
Polymarket's October gold-touch market gives $4,200 a 64% chance on the exchange's own page, while a 99Bitcoins report put it…
Polymarket Sports Promo Codes Land as CFTC Event-Contract Rules Reach White House Review
Affiliate codes offering $20 to $50 in Polymarket trading credits are running alongside college football games, while the CFTC has…
Kalshi Points to CFTC State Lawsuits in Bid to Dismiss Massachusetts Sports-Contract Case
Kalshi has asked a Massachusetts court to throw out Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's amended complaint. It argues that the…
Kalshi Klear Seeks CFTC Approval for Margin on Select Event Contracts, Excluding Sports
Kalshi's clearinghouse filed a Rule 40.5(a) request on Sept. 22 seeking CFTC approval to let qualified members trade economic, financial…
Kalshi Klear Asks CFTC to Approve Margin for Eligible Institutional Event Contracts
Kalshi's clearinghouse, Kalshi Klear, filed a Rule 40.5(a) request with the CFTC on September 22 to let self-clearing institutional members…
Vlad Tenev Says Crypto Event Contracts Are Taking a Larger Share of Robinhood Prediction Markets
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC that crypto event contracts have taken a "disproportionate share" of trading on his platform…
Robinhood CEO Says Crypto Event Contracts Can Overtake Sports as Q2 Revenue Hits $156 Million
Vlad Tenev told CNBC on September 18 that crypto-linked prediction contracts are already taking a disproportionate share of Robinhood's event-markets…