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Potential Insider Trading Concerns In Prediction Markets – The Polymarket Maduro Bet Case

Recent events in the rapidly expanding U.S. prediction market sector — especially on decentralized platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi — have drawn significant scrutiny from regulators...

Worldwide Finance

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Prediction Markets Face New Compliance Era As Federal Oversight Intensifies

Over the last several years, prediction markets (venues where traders buy and sell binary contracts tied to real‑world events) have moved from the margins of academia into a federally supervised market structure.

United States Finance

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FBT Gibbons

CFTC Restores Registration Exemption For Many Private Fund Managers

The regulatory framework governing the intersection of derivatives markets and the private fund industry has reached a pivotal inflection point.

United States Finance

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Two-lane Highway Takes Shape For U.S. Crypto Regulation: Digital Securities Regulation By SEC, "Digital Commodities" Regulated By CFTC

The new Administration has a clear mandate to provide a securities regulatory pathway for crypto, but it had been unclear whether the SEC would take the initiative...

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Senate Banking Committee Releases Amendment To 2025 Responsible Financial Innovation Act Draft

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Who, When And How Of The New UK Prospectus And Public Offer Rules From An Equity Perspective (Podcast)

United States Finance

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A&O Shearman

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Seeks To Expand Hedging Options For Energy End-Users

United States Finance

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Baker Botts LLP

FinReg Timeline 2026

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

FinReg Monthly Update

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Weil Private Funds Regulatory Review

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Back By Popular Demand: CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Letter Reviving QEP Exemption For Certain Private Fund Advisers

United States Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

CFTC No-Action Letter Restores The "QEP Exemption" From CPO Registration Available To Registered Investment Advisers Of Private Funds

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

FCA Finalises Simplified UK Ancillary Activities Test

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Shifting Enforcement Priorities At The CFTC And The SEC

United States Finance

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Foley & Lardner

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

Artificial Intelligence In ADR: A Neutral's Evolving Perspective

United States Technology

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JAMS

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 265

United States Healthcare

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Davis Wright Tremaine

SEC Staff Clarifies Broker-Dealer Custody And Trading Of Crypto Assets

In December 2025, the staff (the "Staff") of the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets ("TM") issued a statement on the custody of crypto asset securities by broker-dealers (the "December Statement")...

United States Technology

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Dechert

Digital Asset Exchange Receives CFTC Approval For US Prediction Markets, Signaling An Opportunistic Outlook

On December 10, 2025, Gemini Space Station, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMI) announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC")...

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

CFTC Issues No‑Action Relief Easing Registration Requirements For Private Fund Managers

On December 19, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") issued a no‑action letter (the "No‑Action Letter") that permits many private fund managers...

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Back To The Futures: CFTC's No-Action Letter Largely Reinstates 2003's Regulation 4.13(a)(4) On An Interim Basis

In a no-action letter issued on December 19, 2025[1] (NAL), the staff of the Market Participants Division (MPD) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reinstated the exemption from commodity pool operator...

United States Finance

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Pryor Cashman LLP

CFTC Staff Extends Relief To Certain RIAs Operating Private Commodity Pools

United States Finance

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Dechert

CFTC No-Action Reinstates Broad Registration Exemption For Institutional CPOs, Pending Further Action

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Staff Partially Reinstate CPO Exemption For RIAs

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

The CFTC Reinstates Exemption From CPO Registration For Certain Private Fund Managers

United States Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Crypto Investor Protection: SEC And CFTC Enforcement Trends

United States Technology

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Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

Regulatory Reset: CFTC Pulls Back On Guidance For ‘Actual Delivery' Of Digital Assets

United States Finance

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

SEC Clears Path For Tokenized Securities

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC's Wells Process Reforms Favor Market Participants, Solidify Respondent Protections In Enforcement Action Review Process

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

CFTC Relief Eliminates Dual US Regulation Of Certain Investment Managers

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Disagreement Deepens Among Federal Courts Over Whether Sports Event Contracts Are Subject To State Regulation

United States Finance

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

SEC Clears Path For Tokenized Securities

In a flurry of activity, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken decisive steps to integrate blockchain technology into traditional securities market infrastructure.

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC's Wells Process Reforms Favor Market Participants, Solidify Respondent Protections In Enforcement Action Review Process

On December 1, 2025, Acting Chairman Caroline Pham announced significant reforms to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's...

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

CFTC Relief Eliminates Dual US Regulation Of Certain Investment Managers

Relief Re-Instates Prior 2012 Regulatory Exemption from CFTC Registration for Most Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds

Why it is Significant

Relief Re-Instates Prior 2012 Regulatory Exemption from CFTC Registration for Most Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds
Significant Compliance Cost Savings Anticipated from Elimination of Duplicative Regulatory Regimes
Ability for RIAs to Private Funds to Increase Exposure to Commodity Interests witho

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Disagreement Deepens Among Federal Courts Over Whether Sports Event Contracts Are Subject To State Regulation

The Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") has long been understood to grant exclusive regulatory authority over certain types of financial contracts to the Commodity Futures...

United States Finance

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Congratulations, CFTC Chairman Selig

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets And Funds Quick Take | Issue 45

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds.

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC May Gain Primary Authority Over Digital Commodities Under Senate Draft Bill

On November 10, 2025, Senator John Boozman and Senator Cory Booker released a bipartisan Senate Agriculture Committee discussion draft bill that proposes a new authority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

United States Technology

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Foley & Lardner

Analysis: How Does The Senate Agriculture Committee's Bipartisan Crypto Market Structure Discussion Draft Build On The CLARITY Act?

On November 10, 2025, Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senator Cory Booker...

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

The Likely Road Ahead For The CFTC Under Chair Selig

In October 2025, the Administration nominated Michael Selig to serve as Chairman of the CFTC, which currently is under the leadership of CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham.

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

CFTC's Tokenized Collateral Guidance: Integrating Blockchain Into Derivatives Markets

United States Finance

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

CFTC Launches Digital Assets Pilot Program For Tokenized Collateral In Derivatives Markets

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Staff Simplifies Its U.S. Person Definitions

United States Consumer

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Dechert

CFTC Announces Amendments To Rules Of Practice And Rules Relating To Investigations

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

CFTC Harmonizes US Person And Guarantee Definitions In Swap Requirements

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Consistent Definitions, Less Confusion: CFTC Divisions Streamline And Harmonize Cross-Border Swap Compliance

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Issues Guidance On Tokenized Collateral And Other Crypto Sprint Developments

United States Technology

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Davis Wright Tremaine

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

CFTC Announces Changes To Rules Governing Enforcement Investigations And Settlement Recommendations

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Authorizes Spot Crypto Trading On DCMs

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Provides CPO-Registration Relief For Certain Credit Risk Transfer SPVs

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FCA Publishes Final Rules On Systematic Internaliser Regime For Bonds And Derivatives And Matched Principal Trading By MTF Operators

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

All's Well That Ends Well: The CFTC Amends Its Wells Notice Process And Other Rules Of Practice For The Better

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Changes To The Wells Process And Rules Of Practice

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

CFTC Staff Guidance Dispels Longstanding Legal Uncertainty Around An FCM's Use Of Customer Securities To Secure Foreign Futures Exposures

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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A&O Shearman

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Gamma Law

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Mining In Focus: Latin America (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Current Issues In Derivatives (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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