CFTC

Coinbase has filed with the SEC to offer stock-linked perpetual futures to U.S. investors, a move requiring additional CFTC authorization and highlighting regulatory complexity around hybrid derivative products.

Hyperliquid Labs is in advanced discussions with Kraken parent Payward to route perpetual futures to U.S. traders through Bitnomial, a CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse.

Gemini Titan will be the exclusive regulated venue for crypto event contracts routed through Apex's futures infrastructure to brokerage clients, bypassing direct-to-consumer channels.

Gemini's CFTC-regulated subsidiary will execute and clear prediction market bets routed through Apex's futures commission merchant to hundreds of brokerages serving tens of millions of retail investors.

Coinbase Derivatives went live Aug. 17 with the US500, a CFTC-regulated perpetual-style futures contract tracking America's 500 largest public companies.

The agency pulled Friday's commissioner meeting on crypto offering exemptions with no reschedule, one week after the Senate left without advancing the CLARITY Act.

Commissioners had been set to vote on the agency's first crypto-specific offering exemptions before an unexplained cancellation with no reschedule.

CFTC data through Aug. 4 shows bearish yen positions cut by roughly half as coordinated U.S.-Japan action stabilized the currency.

The decentralized derivatives platform is building a compliant pathway for American traders following CFTC approvals of Bitcoin perpetual contracts.

The exchange's CEO confirms plans to enter prediction markets and perpetual futures, targeting regulated crypto derivatives for U.S. clients.

A Senate bill to split crypto jurisdiction between the SEC and CFTC is drawing millions in lobbying cash and will pick clear winners and losers across the industry.

Kraken's parent company, Payward, completed its acquisition of Bitnomial, marking a strategic pivot to dominate the regulated U.S. crypto derivatives market as institutional demand intensifies.

Prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has sided with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a critical legal battle against states aiming to prohibit decentralized prediction markets, signaling a major fight for crypto's regulatory future.

Federal regulators are escalating their campaign against decentralized prediction markets, signaling a significant shift in Washington's approach to novel crypto applications and reasserting control over a speculative corner of finance.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is positioning itself as the primary regulator for digital asset markets, creating fresh uncertainty for investors

The CEO of regulated prediction market Kalshi expects federal agencies to target illicit activities within the burgeoning sector, signaling a new front in Washington's regulatory push.

The CFTC's enforcement director issues a stark warning, confirming insider trading laws extend to decentralized prediction markets, signaling aggressive enforcement as crypto markets show resilience.