OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Event contracts split the CFTC from state gaming…
Sports event contracts have produced the sharpest federal-state jurisdictional split in US derivatives law in a generation: the Third Circuit's April 6, 2026 ruling that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) gives the Commodity Futures Trading…
How Kalshi v. Flaherty splits event contracts from…
The Third Circuit's April 6, 2026 ruling in KalshiEX LLC v. Flaherty, No. 25-1922, holds that sports-related event contracts traded on a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-registered exchange are "swaps" under the Commodity Exchange Act…
CFTC’s grip on sports event contracts faces a…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's claim to exclusive jurisdiction over sports prediction-market contracts — upheld by the Third Circuit on April 6, 2026 — is now colliding with state gambling regulators and a pending Ninth…