WASHINGTON, August 12, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory on incentive programs for prediction markets after staff observed an increase in incentive-program rule filings relating to event-contract products, including filings that were procedurally or substantively deficient.
WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission invoked its emergency authority and ordered KalshiEX LLC to continue operating its exchange under normal practices and the Commodity Exchange Act’s Core Principles, escalating a jurisdictional dispute over New York’s attempt to apply state gambling laws to the federally regulated prediction-market operator.
NEW YORK, July 31, 2026 — Circle Internet Group, Inc. announced Friday that the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has granted a limited purpose trust charter to Circle Internet Trust Company LLC, which will operate as Circle New York Trust.
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued an advisory Friday reminding designated contract markets (DCMs) that Broad Template Certifications for event contracts should not be submitted under Commission Regulation 40.2(a).
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, June 23, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority has called on unauthorised crypto-asset service providers to immediately begin winding down their European Union activities in an orderly manner ahead of the end of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) transitional period on July 1, while taking steps to safeguard clients’ interests and mitigate risks to market integrity.
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have issued a joint request for public comment on potential approaches to further harmonize regulatory frameworks applicable to portfolio margining across securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps and related positions.
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.
LONDON, June 22, 2026 — The Bank of England issued a policy statement and draft rules for systemic stablecoin issuers, outlining key elements of the United Kingdom’s proposed framework for systemic stablecoins.
