CFTC Gives Exchanges 30 Days to End Geographic Access Restrictions

CFTC gives exchanges 30 days to end geographic access restrictions

The CFTC gave designated contract markets 30 days to drop domestic geographic access restrictions, a clock that lands on prediction markets facing state bans.

CFTC Gives Exchanges 30 Days To Drop State Limits

Thirty days. That is the deadline the Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave designated contract markets on Nov. 5 to stop restricting access by where a trader lives, or to explain in writing, to the agency’s Division of Market Oversight, why they cannot. The same agency is simultaneously litigating the question with ten states. The instrument is an interpretation of Regulation 38.151(b), the impartial access requirement that has sat in the C…

CFTC gives prediction-market exchanges 30 days to end geographic restrictions

The CFTC has told designated contract markets to drop geographic access restrictions within 30 days, in a move that lands in the middle of its prediction-market fights with the states.

CFTC Orders Prediction Market Companies to Cease Geofencing States Within 30 Days

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order to its designated contract markets to cease any prediction market geofencing restrictions in the U.S. within 30 days or provide them with an explanation of why they cannot comply with the order. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a new interpretation of its second core … Continued

CFTC Announces New Access Requirements Interpretation

The CFTC has issued new access requirements interpretations affecting crypto regulations. Here's why it matters for market participants.