Commodity Exchange Act
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Can You Sue a Prediction Market? Trader Remedies When Event Contracts Settle Wrong
Kalshi paid out on whether Brad Pitt attended the World Cup Final. Polymarket paid out on whether Strategy sold bitcoin. Traders cried foul both times, but only one dispute produced a lawsuit. Here is what traders can actually do when a prediction market settles wrong, and why the answer is less than most assume.
Does Your AI Trading Agent Need to Register with the CFTC?
The CFTC asks two questions the SEC's framework does not: what does the agent trade, and what job does it do with it? Futures, swaps, and leveraged retail crypto pull an autonomous trading agent into the Commodity Exchange Act — and depending on whether it advises, pools capital, or takes orders, it can owe registration as a CTA, CPO, FCM, or introducing broker. The CFTC's Ooki DAO enforcement action signals that being autonomous does not dissolve the duty.
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