CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Manipulation Risk in 'Mention' Contracts
The U.S. regulator says contracts tied to what a named person will say or do may be especially open to manipulation, and wants platforms to show safeguards.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cautioned prediction-market operators that contracts based on what a specific individual will say or do may be particularly open to manipulation.
In an advisory, the agency drew a distinction between these so-called mention markets and contracts whose results are generated independently and can be checked against external sources. According to BitKE, the CFTC said such contracts depend on the actions of a named individual and may be presumptively readily susceptible to manipulation, and it reminded platforms that derivatives listed for trading must not be readily vulnerable to manipulation.
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