The US Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC) has proposed new guidelines for prediction markets, signaling that sports activities occasion contracts are typically not opposite to the general public curiosity despite the fact that federal regulation classifies them as “gaming.” Launched on Wednesday, the proposal distinguishes sports activities occasion contracts from video games of…
[PRESS RELEASE – Mahe, Seychelles, June 10th, 2026] Whale.io has launched native Prediction Markets for the 2026 World Cup, giving gamers direct entry to match betting backed by a mixed $90,000 prize pool – together with a $40,000 USDT raffle and 5 weeks of $10,000 weekly sports activities tournaments. Whale.io is giving customers the possibility…
Crypto liquidity supplier and buying and selling firm Wintermute says it’s offering liquidity on prediction markets because the business continues to develop. The agency, which handles $3.5 trillion in annual buying and selling quantity, said on Friday that it’s extending its institutional buying and selling to prediction markets and would offer “two-sided markets throughout occasion…
US President Donald Trump has backed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as having the “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, as state regulators’ action against the platforms mounts. “It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets is maintained, and that they will thrive,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social…
Senior officers on the Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee who raised issues about prediction market corporations have been suspended, investigated and ultimately pushed out of the company. In accordance with a New York Instances investigation published Sunday, the officers had flagged issues about Polymarket, Crypto.com and a Gemini affiliate, every with alleged enterprise ties…
The US securities regulator is delaying the launch of a recent wave of “novel ETFs,” including those that allow investors to bet on the outcome of events, to consider the implications of introducing the new products. In a statement on Wednesday, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said that “novel products raise novel questions” and instructed his…
A16z has thrown its weight behind the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a growing federal-state standoff over prediction markets, opposing state regulators that try to shut down platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. The venture capital heavyweight submitted the letter on Thursday in response to the CFTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking on prediction markets….
