WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s market oversight and market participants divisions warned regulated entities that using “American odds” to display event-contract prices is likely to mislead market participants, raising potential concerns under federal prohibitions on manipulative and deceptive practices.
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have issued a joint request for public comment on potential ways to further update, clarify and harmonize certain derivatives product definitions and address interpretive questions involving emerging products and alternative compliance frameworks.
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, 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, March 12, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced March 12 that it is seeking public comment on whether new regulations or amendments may be needed to govern event contracts traded on prediction markets.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division has reissued Staff Letter 25-40, updating the definition of “payment stablecoin” under its no-action framework to expressly include stablecoins issued by national trust banks, the agency said.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has withdrawn its proposed rulemaking on event contracts and rescinded a related staff advisory addressing sports-based event contracts, the agency said.
