WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has stayed an emergency rule filed by KalshiEX LLC that would have resulted in the forced liquidation of certain previously executed event-contract positions involving Michigan residents.
PARIS, July 3, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has reminded firms offering prediction markets, also known as event contracts, to assess whether their products fall within existing national product intervention measures on binary options where they qualify as financial instruments, as the growing popularity of such products and increasing retail participation draw greater regulatory attention.
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new reporting framework for certain fully collateralized event contracts, seeking to replace a reporting system that has relied on staff no-action letters since 2017 with formal Commission regulations.
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have filed a lawsuit against Kentucky, seeking to block the state’s efforts to apply state laws to federally regulated prediction markets and event contracts.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on amendments to Regulation 40.11 and the addition of Appendix F to Part 40, establishing a framework for evaluating certain event contracts.
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.
JAKARTA, May 22, 2026 — Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Ministry said it had blocked access to prediction-market platform Polymarket after classifying the service as a form of online gambling under Indonesian law.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Hockey League said Thursday they had signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a framework for information sharing and cooperation related to professional hockey and associated event contract markets.
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.
