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Image: The BlockNFL reportedly asks CFTC for stronger sports prediction-market safeguards
A reported NFL letter seeks tighter rules on vulnerable contracts, insider information, advertising, age limits, margin and the review period for sports event contracts.
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The BlockNFL reportedly asks CFTC for stronger sports prediction-market safeguards
A reported NFL letter seeks tighter rules on vulnerable contracts, insider information, advertising, age limits, margin and the review period for sports event contracts.
Fanatics Inc.Fanatics agrees to acquire a CFTC-registered exchange and clearinghouse
Fanatics agreed to acquire Water Street Labs, a CFTC-registered designated contract market, and CX Clearinghouse from BGC to operate federally regulated prediction-market infrastructure.
CoinDesk / Jesse HamiltonCFTC warns event-contract exchanges against broad template-style self-certification
The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight says designated contract markets must provide contract-specific settlement, data-source and core-principles analysis instead of bundling many possible event markets into a generic filing.