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Want To Get Into CFTC-Regulated Event Contract Markets? Here’s How It Works
What You Need to Know: The CFTC regulates prediction market activity, and many participant types are required to register with the CFTC and National Futures Association. Registration obligations turn on market role and activity. Entities involved as intermediaries, trading platforms, or market participants may trigger distinct CFTC or NFA registration requirements. Early regulatory planning can shape market access and growth.
Want To Get Into CFTC-Regulated Event Contract Markets? Here’s How It Works
Event contracts—often referred to as “prediction markets”—are used by market participants to forecast elections, economic indicators, weather events, economic policy decisions and even sporting event outcomes. Other types of event contracts are replacing traditional long-dated derivatives contracts that rely on these markets to hedge commercial risk.
CFTC Seeks Public Input On Prediction Markets Regulation
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Do US Courts Have Jurisdiction Over International Sports Federations In Match-Fixing Cases?
In a series of decisions with potential jurisdictional implications for international sports federations, U.S. federal courts in New York have rejected former Nigerian national team coach Samson Siasia’s attempts to overturn his five-year FIFA ban for match-fixing. Siasia, a U.S. citizen, received a lifetime ban in 2019 after he was implicated in the extensive match-fixing schemes orchestrated by convicted Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal.
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