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CFTC highlights its power to police prediction market misconduct

26th February, 2026|Narayani Srinivasan

The US markets regulator has stressed that it has full authority to police illegal trading practices occurring on any designated contract market (DCM) related to prediction markets, following a statement from Kalshi that it had flagged two insider trading cases to the agency.

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