CFTC
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Blockchain.com Applies for the Two Licences That Would Let It Run Its Own Event Market
The company has filed with the CFTC for designated contract market and futures commission merchant registrations, CNBC reported, ahead of a planned $500m listing and while the courts argue over who regulates sports contracts.
The CFTC Proposes a Federal Licence for Crypto Exchanges, With Leverage as the Trigger
Two proposed rules would create a new category of registered venue for leveraged retail crypto trading. A reform group says the derivatives regulator is the wrong one for the job.
The CFTC Tells Commodities Firms Tokenized Assets and Onchain Records Are Allowed
The US derivatives regulator issued guidance permitting registered firms to invest in tokenized assets and to keep required records on a blockchain, days after a failed vote on the CLARITY Act.
Robinhood's Chief Executive Says Crypto Event Contracts Are Already Beating Sports Bets
Vlad Tenev told an audience that contracts on crypto outcomes are outpacing sports wagers on the broker's prediction markets, and could become its largest category within a few years.
The CFTC Says a Wallet That Routes You to a Futures Venue Is Not a Broker
Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff issued a no-action letter extending relief to passive software providers, meaning crypto wallets and apps can connect users to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers.
Kalshi Wants Perpetual Futures on Tesla and Nvidia, Around the Clock
The prediction-market operator plans to seek US approval for roughly 60 perpetual contracts on stocks and ETFs, dropping a crypto trading structure into the middle of an unresolved argument over who regulates it.
Citadel Asks the SEC to Claim Event Contracts That Reference Listed Companies
Citadel Securities has urged the SEC to assert oversight of event contracts tied to public companies, challenging the CFTC self-certification route that has let prediction markets list them.
Robinhood Buys Into Its Own Clearing House for Prediction Markets
Robinhood began routing football event contracts to Crypto.com's CFTC-regulated exchange on Tuesday and will take equity stakes in both Crypto.com and OG.com, the prediction-market venue being spun out at a $5 billion valuation.
Coinbase Files to List Single-Stock Perpetuals in the US, and Ondo Argues the Law Already Allows It
Coinbase lodged notices with the SEC for round-the-clock perpetual futures on individual stocks, extending a lineup that so far stops at thematic indexes. Ondo told both regulators the existing rulebook can hold the product.
The Lobby for Onshore Equity Perps Now Has Two Voices Asking for the Same Thing
The Blockchain Association wants a joint SEC and CFTC framework for equity perpetuals, and Hyperliquid's policy arm is asking the same two regulators to harmonise their treatment of perps.