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

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

WASHINGTON, April 2 — 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

WASHINGTON, March 30 — 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.

CFTC Staff Letter 26-05 addressing digital assets as margin collateral

CFTC Staff Reissues No-Action Letter Addressing Use of Certain Digital Assets as Margin Collateral

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued Staff Letter No. 26-05, a no-action position stating that staff will not recommend enforcement action regarding futures commission merchants that accept certain non-security digital assets, including qualifying payment stablecoins, as customer margin collateral and take those assets into account for undermargined determinations and segregation calculations, or deposit the FCM’s own payment stablecoins as residual interest, subject to specified conditions.