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- Bessent Floats Treasury Coordination on Crypto Oversight After CLARITY Act Stalls
His remarks followed a 49-50 Senate procedural vote. He announced no rule, agency directive or timetable.
· Regulation
- Plus500 Offers Kalshi Perpetual Futures Through U.S. Brokerage
Plus500’s U.S. futures unit has been a clearing member of Kalshi Klear LLC since April 2025.
· Business
- NBA Names Kalshi and Polymarket Preferred Exchanges, Signs CFTC MOU
Both platforms will receive NBA data, U.S. marketing rights and promotional activations, while agreements bar league and team personnel from trading NBA event contracts.
· Business
- CFTC Sues Utah in Fight Over Federal Authority on Crypto
The agency wants to stop state enforcement efforts and keep crypto oversight under federal authority.
· Regulation
- CFTC Sues Utah in Prediction Market Fight, Marking 10th State Case
Utah sued Kalshi and two Susquehanna-linked trading firms in October before the CFTC filed its case.
· Regulation
- CFTC Probes Whether Polymarket Breached 2022 U.S. User Ban
The review spans U.S. access controls, advertising, and customer admission and protections on the company’s U.S. platform.
· Regulation
- CFTC Chairman Michael Selig to Discuss Crypto at Link:NYC Event
The CFTC is weighing rules for some retail crypto transactions and a possible market category for designated contract markets.
· Regulation
- CFTC Working to Publish COT Report Twice Weekly by Year-End
The report currently comes out on Fridays. The plan responds to demand from the agriculture sector.
· Regulation
- Crypto.com, OG.com Roll Out 5x Perpetual Futures to Eligible U.S. Traders
The contracts cover six crypto assets, and only U.S. dollar cash can be used as collateral. At 5x leverage, $200 in margin supports a $1,000 position.
· Investing
- Hyperliquid Tests Allowlist for Payward’s Planned U.S. Markets
The optional HIP-3* control is running on testnet, while Payward’s proposed markets remain subject to regulatory approval.
· Technology
- Polymarket Investigated Dozens of Midterm Trades; At Least Two Reach CFTC
A 16-person team led by Shana Bautista is using a new election-monitoring system that generates hundreds of alerts daily.
· Regulation
- Polymarket Says It Investigated Dozens of Midterm Election Bets
A 16-person investigations unit is using a new system that draws on public data, financial partners and statistical models to monitor election trading.
· Regulation
- Bitnomial Would Deploy Payward’s Planned HIP-3* Futures on Hyperliquid
Bitnomial would create and clear the markets, while NinjaTrader Clearing would carry client accounts under the proposed structure.
· Business
- CFTC Chair Says Agency Is Pursuing Voluntary Federal Registration for Crypto Exchanges
Congress has yet to legislate on the issue. Mike Selig says crypto markets should receive the protections used in U.S. derivatives markets.
· Regulation
- CFTC and NBA Sign Data-Sharing Pact for Basketball Prediction Markets
The MOU calls for routine communication on integrity issues and aims to support fair, transparent markets tied to the sport.
· Regulation
- CFTC Sets Oct. 28 Forum on Agentic Trading and Regulation
A panel will consider whether and how the agency’s regulatory framework should apply when autonomous agents transact for market participants.
· Regulation
- Phantom Begins Gradual U.S. Kalshi Rollout as CFTC Reviews Oil Perpetual
Users trade through Phantom while Kalshi manages accounts and market outcomes. Kalshi’s proposed no-expiry WTI contract remains pending before the CFTC.
· Regulation
- Caroline D. Pham Calls for Clearer Crypto Definitions at Harvard Summit
The former CFTC acting chair also urged consistent investor protections and more transparent agency rulemaking.
· Regulation
- CFTC Says It Is Watching Prediction Markets for Manipulation
The agency made the statement Oct. 23, citing possible manipulation as the focus of its monitoring.
· Regulation
- GPU Futures Remain Under CFTC Review as Compute-Dollar Idea Surfaces
CME's proposed H100 and B200 contracts track rental prices and settle financially. An Oct. 23 opinion column proposed tokenized compute rights and a dollar stablecoin.
· Regulation
- Kalshi Files 100-Barrel WTI Perpetual Contract With CFTC
The proposed contract would settle in cash and require no physical delivery. Its CFTC listing shows “Approval Pending (45),” an initial review period that may be extended.
· Regulation
- JPMorgan Says Agency Actions Cannot Replace CLARITY Act Legislation
The analysts see near-term support for institutional participation but expect passage to remain unlikely in 2026, with the bill potentially returning in 2027.
· Regulation
- Commodity Markets Council Urges CFTC to Block Kalshi's WTI Perpetuals
The group also called for common standards and cooperation with foreign regulators to stop U.S. traders from using VPNs to reach offshore platforms.
· Regulation
- Webull Plans November Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Access for Eligible U.S. Customers
KalshiEX LLC will list the contracts and Kalshi Klear LLC will clear them. Webull expects to widen access before the end of 2026.
· Business
- Lighter (LIT) Gains 21%; Exchange Plans Two CFTC Registrations
The exchange plans to apply in November 2026; LIT traded at $3.88 at 3:55 p.m. ET (19:55 UTC) Oct. 21, up 21.3% over 24 hours.
· Regulation
- David Hoffman Reposts Lighter Update, Says ‘Lighter Season’ Is Back
During Lighter’s third-quarter investor call, Hoffman asked whether its DCM and DCO approvals could come before the CFTC’s 180-day review period.
· Regulation
- Lighter Plans November CFTC Filing With Up to 280 Days of Review
The platform is seeking derivatives market and clearing designations to serve U.S. institutional customers. Community speculation about closer cooperation with Robinhood resurfaced, but no partnership has been formall…
· Regulation
- CFTC Chair Says Crypto Exchanges Can Choose State or Federal Oversight
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said federal registration would depend on an exchange’s services. Congress would have to require every exchange to register.
· Regulation
- Polymarket Challenges Ohio Sports Rules After New CFTC Actions
Polymarket US filed suit on Ohio’s Oct. 16 compliance deadline. The complaint argues two Oct. 9 CFTC actions changed the legal backdrop after a Sept. 25 appeals ruling against Kalshi.
· Regulation
- Lighter Plans November CFTC Derivatives Filing as LIT Rises More Than 22%
Founder Vladimir Novakovski said the company has been in contact with regulators for about 11 months. LIT traded at $3.89 in a market snapshot.
· Regulation
- Lighter Plans November CFTC Filing for On-Chain Perpetual Futures
Lighter (LIT) rose 22.26% over 24 hours to $3.89 as the company outlined its U.S. regulatory plan.
· Regulation
- CFTC Says Cash Bitcoin Buys May Face Futures Rules Without Borrowing
The agency’s preliminary view turns on whether financing was offered for the trade and whether an actual-delivery exception applies. Comments are due Dec. 14.
· Regulation
- CFTC Secures More Than $9 Million Order in Louisiana Forex Case
The order targets a Louisiana man and associated companies in an enforcement case involving alleged foreign-exchange fraud.
· Regulation
- CFTC Ends Compute Derivatives Comment Period as GPU Futures Remain Under Review
Each proposed contract covers 730 GPU-hours and would settle in cash. The extended review period runs through the end of Nov. 9.
· Regulation
- CFTC Defends Dismissal Bid in CME's Kalshi Bitcoin Contract Case
The agency's Oct. 16 reply supports a motion filed Sept. 2 and argues that CME has not alleged enough competitive injury to challenge the approval.
· Regulation
- Joe Weisenthal Sees Hyperliquid as a Potential Finance Network
Hyperliquid Labs co-founder Jeff Yan has described a model for financial firms to run markets on the network while keeping their customer relationships.
· People
- CFTC Sets Oct. 28 Forum on Super Intelligence and Agentic Trading
The event will examine how super intelligence may affect derivatives markets and what CFTC oversight should cover when agents can transact for market participants.
· Regulation
- Utah Sues Kalshi Over Alleged Gambling, Seeks to Halt State Markets
The state seeks to recover up to $60 million and says Kalshi has served more than 32,000 verified Utah users.
· Regulation
- CFTC Cites 23% Rise in CME Crypto Futures Volume in Kalshi Case
The agency says monthly volume rose from about 2.66 million contracts in May to 3.28 million in September. CME has said customers had not asked for perpetual futures.
· Regulation
- Sports Outpace Election Bets as Kalshi, Polymarket Hit $53 Billion
Political contracts averaged about $2 billion a month on Polymarket and less than $300 million on Kalshi this year.
· Investing