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Michael Selig
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investorideas.combusiness6 days ago
CFTC Clears Perpetual Futures for U.S. Crypto Trading Despite Leverage Concerns
CFTC Chair Michael Selig defended the agency's late-May decision to allow perpetual futures contracts, citing the need to regulate products already popular overseas.
theshelbyreport.comfinance38 days ago
CFTC Chairman Announces Enforcement Push Against U.S. Users Accessing Offshore Prediction Markets via VPNs
Michael Selig told WIRED the agency is staffing up, deploying AI tools and pursuing hundreds of insider trading tips as it surveils global prediction markets including Polymarket. The CFTC is examining suspicious trades tied to geopolitical events and will apply extraterritorial…
New York Postpolitics38 days ago
SEC and CFTC Agree to Divide Oversight of Crypto Assets and Prediction Markets
SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chief Michael Selig have forged a cooperation agreement to end years of regulatory clashes over digital assets. The agencies are mapping clear boundaries, with the CFTC overseeing event contracts and the SEC leading on securities-based derivatives.…
rnz.co.nzfinance41 days ago
CFTC Signs First Data-Sharing Agreement With Major League Baseball
Chairman Michael Selig announced the March 2026 agreement with MLB while speaking at the FINRA conference on May 12, 2026. The CFTC has sued about five or six states over event contracts and is coordinating with the SEC on prediction-market products. Selig argued that CFTC-regula…
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CFTC Chairman Selig Testifies on Operations and Agenda Before House Committee
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig testified before the House Agriculture Committee on April 16, 2026, stating he will continue advancing financial regulations despite being the lone commissioner. Democrats criticized the lack of bipartisan balance, while…
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CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Pledges to Congress to Punish Fraud and Insider Trading
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig is set to pledge to Congress that he will punish fraud and insider trading. In written remarks, Selig stated: 'WE WILL FIND YOU AND YOU WILL FACE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW'. The pledge aims to crack down on such act…
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