WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday sued the state of Minnesota to block a newly enacted law that would criminalize the operation of prediction markets, marking an escalation in a growing federal-state jurisdictional conflict over event contracts and federally regulated derivatives markets.
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued a no-action letter setting out a uniform approach to swap data reporting and recordkeeping obligations for certain fully collateralized event contracts.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday it had filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reaffirming the agency’s exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets in ongoing litigation involving KalshiEx LLC.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2026 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig said the agency is working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to further align oversight, rulemaking and enforcement efforts across increasingly interconnected securities and derivatives markets, including the digital asset sector, according to remarks published Tuesday by the CFTC.
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday proposed amendments to its swap clearing requirements that would replace mandatory clearing obligations tied to legacy benchmark rates for certain Canadian dollar- and Mexican peso-denominated interest rate swaps with requirements linked to overnight, nearly risk-free rates.
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it ordered Sidney Lebental, a trader who resided in New York, to pay a $200,000 civil monetary penalty and imposed a one-month trading ban to resolve spoofing charges tied to Treasury futures trading, according to a statement.
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Monday, in a statement, that staff from its Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk have issued a supplemental no-action letter addressing swap data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain event contract transactions.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday it is seeking public comment on potential changes to its Commitments of Traders reporting program, including more frequent publication and revisions to report content, according to a request for comment.
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a statement it filed a lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin seeking a declaratory judgment affirming what it described as its exclusive federal authority to regulate event contracts, following state-level actions targeting several platforms.
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it filed a lawsuit against the State of New York and submitted an amicus brief in Massachusetts as part of a broader effort to defend what it described as its exclusive federal jurisdiction over prediction markets.
