CFTC highlights its power to police prediction market misconduct

26th February, 2026

Narayani Srinivasan
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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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ABN AMRO
Bank of America
CBOE
Citi
Goldman Sachs
DRW Holdings
HSBC
J.P Morgan
Marex
Morgan Stanley
SGX
SocGen
Susquehanna
MUFG Investor Services
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