The deals arrive as the prediction markets face a nationwide legal battle with several state governments that contend such betting belongs more appropriately under the power of their gambling laws. Three major federal court decisions have landed on both sides of the issue, with two… Read More
The potential effects of artificial intelligence in the derivatives markets will be in focus at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s first in a new series of meetings hosted by its Innovation Task Force on October 28. Using President Donald Trump’s favored “super intelligence” descriptor,… Read More
Perps allow traders to speculate on the future price of an asset with a typically leveraged position, and the contracts don’t come with a built-in expiration. But CME, which operates the leading global venues for derivatives trading, has insisted the contracts are not futures, because… Read More
The “interim final” status of the one rule means it becomes immediate policy but will be open for public input as it’s implemented. The other rule proposal explicitly folds “event contracts, including those based on sports, politics, cultural, and weather-related events” that are routinely traded… Read More
The activity had already drawn attention from Beni, a co-founder of research firm Stealth Neolab, who said Kalshi’s ether perpetual recorded about $539 million in 24-hour volume against just $3.1 million in open interest. He later found that trades of exactly $5,500 made up 48%… Read More
“The CFTC is locked in and ready to ship its rules for the new frontier of finance,” CFTC chair Mike Selig wrote in a post on X following the vote on Wednesday. The CFTC, on Friday, also published a no-action letter, giving certain software providers… Read More
