The CFTC granted 10 whistleblower awards totaling more than $150 million in final determinations issued between July and September 2026, rewarding information that supported enforcement actions. The agency’s program, created under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, pays eligible tipsters 10% to 30% of collected monetary sanctions from its Customer Protection Fund. A September 11, 2026 rule established a rebuttable presumption of a 30% award for claims involving sanctions of $5 million or less, a threshold covering more than 80% of payouts. The new account cites cumulative payments above $395 million and linked sanctions exceeding $3.3 billion, while the existing agency record cites more than $580 million in awards and over $5.1 billion in sanctions, creating a discrepancy that remains unresolved. Recent cases included awards of more than $8 million to five whistleblowers and more than $1.8 million to two others. The program protects tipster identities and receives many reports involving retail fraud, while the CFTC has taken a more active role in digital asset derivatives and crypto spot-market fraud.