CFTC Clears The Way For Regulated Crypto, Bitcoin Perpetuals—Kalshi Moves Next
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Friday that it is allowing CFTC-registered exchanges to list a perpetual contract tied to the market’s leading crypto, Bitcoin (BTC). CFTC Ramps Up Crypto Perpetual Access In its announcement, the CFTC said the move creates a clearer path for liquid Bitcoin perpetual products to operate within US […]
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Kalshi has switched on tokenized versions of its event contracts on Solana, making its first explicit play to court the same crypto-native traders who have funneled billions of dollars into rival prediction platform Polymarket. Instead of holding positions solely as traditional off-chain contracts on Kalshi’s regulated venue, users can now buy and sell tokenized representations […]
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Kalshi has ramped up its battle over prediction markets by filing a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota. The lawsuit challenges a recently passed law that would restrict most prediction market activity and impose criminal penalties on certain event-based contracts. Kalshi And Minnesota Clash At the core of Kalshi’s lawsuit is its jurisdiction argument. The […]
A commissioner with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has detailed how crypto assets are regulated in the U.S. and whether they fall under the jurisdiction of the CFTC or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “There has often been a grossly inaccurate oversimplification” of how crypto assets are regulated in the United States, said the commissioner.
How Crypto Assets Are Regulated in the US
CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump clarified last week how crypto assets are regulated in the U.S. by the CFTC or the SEC.
“The recent....