Commodity Futures Trading Commission

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

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

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Example Sentences

Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said the company filed the lawsuits in a bid to confirm that “prediction markets fall squarely under the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, not any individual state gaming regulator,” in a post on X.

From Barron's

Casinos and gambling oversight were once the sole domain of the states, while financial markets are generally regulated by the federal government, notably the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

From Barron's

Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, recently secured a license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to offer prediction markets to U.S. customers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The coalition aims to preserve federal oversight of prediction markets, currently managed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

From Barron's

The Coalition on Prediction Markets aims to fend off those state efforts, maintaining federal regulation of prediction markets’ event contracts, which are overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

From Barron's