CFTC's reversal of Gemini settlement deemed highly unconventional by ex-chair
As the CFTC and Gemini work together to seek a court's reversal of a 2025 settlement, one of the agency’s former chairs said the public “deserves a better explanation.”
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As the CFTC and Gemini work together to seek a court's reversal of a 2025 settlement, one of the agency’s former chairs said the public “deserves a better explanation.”
The CFTC issued notices affecting platforms seeking to offer cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts, including a no-action position for Coinbase and approval for Kalshi.
As Congress weighs crypto legislation, Aaron Klein says the CFTC needs more resources, independence and coordination to oversee digital markets.
The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate prediction market platforms across the state.
Kalshi sued Minnesota while the CFTC filed against Rhode Island as legal wrangling with state-level authorities seems likely headed to the US Supreme Court.
The Gemini exchange already paid a $5 million fine following the agency's lawsuit.
The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current management and practices.
US President Donald Trump says it is “critically important” that the CFTC has sole authority over prediction markets, and took aim at several state officials.
Originally published on WeeBet on 2026-05-25. Reposted with canonical link. The CFTC has spent the past eighteen months reshaping the prediction market industry not through formal rulemaking but through selective enforcement, strategic non-enforcement, and amicus interventions. With roughly 87% of K
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A New York Times investigation found that senior CFTC officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini were suspended and pushed out.