Commodity Futures Trading Commission

American

noun

U.S. Government.

an independent regulatory agency, created in 1975, that supervises the trading of futures on commodity exchanges. CFTC

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse similarly urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate what they described as recurring suspicious trades tied to sensitive government information.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal regulator that oversees prediction markets and their event contracts, has addressed insider trading through enforcement.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Bloomberg reported last month that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission was looking into a pattern of suspicious activity in the oil market around market-moving Truth Social posts and media reports.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

In a separate lawsuit brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent US federal agency, he is also accused of insider trading.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit suggests that the agency thinks it can go after bad actors on Polymarket, even though the platform isn’t registered with the agency and is legally domiciled in Panama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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