WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it filed a civil enforcement action against a Google employee accused of using confidential internal search-trend data to trade event contracts on prediction-market platform Polymarket, in a case that adds to U.S. regulatory scrutiny of blockchain-based event markets.
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.
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said its Division of Enforcement has issued an advisory following the public release of two enforcement matters involving misuse of nonpublic information and fraud in prediction markets, also known as event contracts, traded on KalshiEX, a Designated Contract Market.
