CFTC derivatives regulator chairman: Firms like PredictIt, Kalshi will get 'regulatory clarity' in coming months

Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) derivatives regulator, said companies such as prediction markets PredictIt and Kalshi will receive "regulatory clarity" in the coming months. We anticipate considering proposals to amend CFTC rules to address the treatment of certain types of event contracts in order to provide additional regulatory transparency to exchanges and market participants seeking to list event contracts.