The Commodity Futures Trading Commission operates primarily as an anti-market manipulation regulatory agency rather than a disclosure-focused regime

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a no-action letter in December 2025 stating it would not recommend enforcement action regarding DTCC's proposed tokenization program

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) asserts in its complaint against Utah that event contracts offered on registered exchanges qualify as financial swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act

The CFTC's federal complaint argues that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts Utah's gambling, election-betting, and public nuisance laws regarding event contracts traded on CFTC-registered exchanges

Under Chris Giancarlo's chairmanship, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the first regulated Bitcoin futures derivative product

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission requires retail perpetual futures trading to take place on a licensed Designated Contract Market

Mike Selig served as Chief Counsel to the Securities and Exchange Commission crypto task force before his nomination as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity Futures Trading Commission research overseen by Chief Economist Bruce Tuckman revealed that Lehman Brothers' collapse resulted in net payouts of under $9 billion

Chris Giancarlo joined the law firm Willkie Farr and Gallagher in 2019 following his five-year term at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Kalshi's Bitcoin BTCPERP contract on May 29, 2026, marking the first approval of perpetual futures on a regulated U.S. exchange

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission cleared perpetual futures contracts earlier in 2026 for both Coinbase and Kalshi, allowing Webull to plug into Kalshi's approved venue without seeking its own regulatory approval

On October 9, 2026, the CFTC issued an interim final rule excluding casino-style gambling from the federal definition of swap while publishing a proposed rule explicitly incorporating event contracts

Under the Webull-Kalshi partnership, Webull provides the distribution and customer base while prediction-market operator Kalshi acts as wholesale infrastructure by supplying the Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated venue

The Ohio Casino Control Commission warned prediction market operators that non-compliance could result in civil financial penalties equaling Ohio-generated revenue, as well as state criminal penalties for unlicensed bookmaking

Polymarket US, operating through CFTC-registered QCX LLC, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on October 16, 2026, against Interim Attorney General Andy Wilson and the Ohio Casino Control Commission

Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff permitted Coinbase to route U.S. clients to perpetual futures listed on Coinbase's offshore affiliate Deribit

On October 2, 2026, the Ohio Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to 10 prediction market operators demanding they halt unlicensed sports event contracts and provide written compliance confirmation by October 16, 2026

Polymarket US argues in its complaint that the CFTC's October 9, 2026 regulatory actions—an interim final rule and a proposed rule—altered the legal landscape established by the Sixth Circuit's September 25 ruling against Kalshi

Polymarket US asserts that the Commodity Exchange Act grants the CFTC exclusive regulatory jurisdiction over event contracts listed on federally designated exchanges

CME filed a lawsuit against the CFTC on June 18, 2026, arguing that perpetual contracts without expiry dates must legally be classified as swaps rather than futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission responded in court on October 16, 2026, asking to reject CME's lawsuit filed on June 18, on the grounds that CME failed to demonstrate imminent competitive harm