CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Warns of FTX-Style Risk in Prediction Markets

During an interview with Farokh Sarmad, Michael Selig said moving platforms such as Polymarket offshore into unregulated markets could create broader systemic risk.

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Terms & Concepts
  • CFTC: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. derivatives regulator overseeing futures and related markets.
  • Prediction markets: Platforms where users trade on the outcome of future events, often using market prices to reflect collective expectations.
  • Systemic risk: The possibility that problems at one firm or market spread and disrupt the wider financial system.