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Oct 28, 2024 | wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin |Gretchen Passe Roin |Matthew Beville |Joshua Nathanson

With just one week until election day, there has been increasing focus on and activity in election prediction markets. Recent trading activity and price action have raised concerns regarding election integrity and market manipulation.

Oct 28, 2024 | wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin |Gretchen Passe Roin |Matthew Beville |Megan O'Flynn |Joshua Nathanson

The CFTC has recently allowed U.S. persons to participate in election markets through registered designated contract markets, lifting previous restrictions.

Aug 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Timothy Silva |Gretchen Passe Roin |Benjamin Lobley

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Feb 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Matthew Kulkin |Elizabeth Mitchell |Gretchen Passe Roin |Timothy Silva |Tiffany Smith |Dino Wu | +7 more

At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business as usual requests” such as the issuance of orders, exemptive relief or interpretive relief.2 When Chairman Behnam detailed the CFTC’s 2023 work plan, the CFTC was building on its first year with a full slate of Commissioners, new Division Directors and senior leadership.

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Matthew Kulkin |Timothy Silva |Gretchen Passe Roin |Amy R. Doberman

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) recently proposed amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 (the Proposed Rule) that would impact long-standing exemptions from certain compliance requirements for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).1 The CFTC prepared the Proposed Rule to "update" Regulation 4.7 "after a careful review of the existing language and structure of Regulation 4.7, and considering the clear public and regulatory interest of...