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CFTC enforcement action over alleged insider trading on Polymarket event contracts

CFTC Brings First Insider Trading Case Involving Event Contracts on Polymarket

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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against North Carolina resident Gannon Ken Van Dyke, alleging he engaged in insider trading on Polymarket using classified nonpublic information regarding a U.S. operation involving former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, according to a CFTC statement published Thursday.

U.S. Treasury building graphic for SEC and CFTC cross-margining approval story

SEC and CFTC Approve Customer Cross-Margining Expansion in U.S. Treasury Market

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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved coordinated exemptive relief to expand customer cross-margining in the U.S. Treasury market, allowing certain eligible intermediaries to offer customer cross-margining with margin offsets across cleared cash Treasury positions and Treasury futures.

CFTC headquarters amid Arizona event market court dispute

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Arizona Enforcement Against CFTC-Regulated Event Markets

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WASHINGTON, April 10, 2026 — A federal court in Arizona granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission barring the state from continuing criminal enforcement proceedings against CFTC-regulated designated contract markets, according to a CFTC press release.

CFTC seeks injunction to block Arizona enforcement against prediction markets

CFTC Seeks Injunction to Halt Arizona Enforcement Against Prediction Markets

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WASHINGTON, April 9, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has filed a motion in federal court seeking a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to halt the state of Arizona’s efforts to apply criminal and gambling laws to CFTC-regulated prediction markets, according to a press release.

U.S. Capitol building representing federal jurisdiction in CFTC lawsuit over prediction markets

CFTC Sues Three U.S. States Over Prediction Markets Jurisdiction

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WASHINGTON, April 2, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has filed lawsuits against the U.S. states of Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois, challenging actions taken against CFTC-registered designated contract markets and seeking to reaffirm its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, according to a CFTC press release.

U.S. court enforcement action against KuCoin-linked entity over unregistered trading access

CFTC Secures Court Order Against KuCoin-Linked Entity Over U.S. Trading Access

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WASHINGTON, March 30, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said a U.S. federal court has entered a consent order against Peken Global Limited, a company associated with the operation of the KuCoin exchange, for allowing U.S. participants to access its trading system without registering as a foreign board of trade, according to a CFTC press release.