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CFTC Examines Agentic AI’s Growing Role in Finance

CFTC Examines Agentic AI’s Growing Role in Finance
CFTC Examines Agentic AI’s Growing Role in Finance
September 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is hosting a series of roundtables devoted to new technologies in U.S. financial markets. The Frontier Forum series, hosted...

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CFTC Files Crypto Regulation Proposal After Clarity Act Fails
CFTC Files Crypto Regulation Proposal After Clarity Act Fails
September 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a proposal to regulate crypto asset transactions and crypto asset markets,...

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CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets
CFTC Makes It Easier for Software Developers to Have Prediction Markets
September 17, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued a staff letter declaring a no-action position for the benefit of providers of passive software, the...

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Kalshi Gets CFTC OK to List Precious Metals Futures
Kalshi Gets CFTC OK to List Precious Metals Futures
September 10, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Kalshi obtained regulatory permission to list precious metals-related perpetual futures on its platform, CNBC reported Thursday (Sept. 10). The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees...

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CFTC Signals Supreme Court Battle After Nevada Wins Prediction Markets Case
CFTC Signals Supreme Court Battle After Nevada Wins Prediction Markets Case
August 28, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A court’s ruling that sports event contracts are not swaps that are regulated exclusively by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) set the stage for a...

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CFTC Roundtable Exposes Regulatory Rift Over Prediction-Market Risks
CFTC Roundtable Exposes Regulatory Rift Over Prediction-Market Risks
August 21, 2026  |  Markets

Prediction-market executives clashed Thursday (Aug. 20) over how regulators should police manipulation and insider trading, exposing a widening divide between established derivatives exchanges and newer...

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CFTC Readies Own Crypto Market Rules as Congress Stalls CLARITY Act
CFTC Readies Own Crypto Market Rules as Congress Stalls CLARITY Act
August 20, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

If Congress doesn’t pass the CLARITY Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will use its existing authorities to begin establishing a crypto asset market...

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CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts
CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on the listing of compute derivatives contracts as it prepares to establish the “gold standard” for...

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