Daily Crypto Briefs 
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2026
The CFTC proposed a new rulebook for prediction-market event contracts on June 10, setting up a 90-day review framework for disputed markets as Kalshi and Polymarket volumes have surged and bitcoin traded near $62,255.
The proposal would amend CFTC Regulation 40.11 and add Appendix F to Part 40. In plain terms, the agency is trying to define how it will judge event contracts that may involve gaming, war, terrorism, assassination or unlawful conduct, instead of treating whole categories as automatically approved or automatically banned.
Market snapshot: CoinGecko showed bitcoin near $62,255 when checked by Daily Crypto Briefs, down from about $81,725 one month earlier. The Fear and Greed Index printed 9, or Extreme Fear, while Pew Research Center said combined Kalshi and Polymarket monthly volume rose from less than $5 billion in September 2025 to about $24 billion in April 2026.
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BTCCFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said the agency would protect market integrity “without standing in the way of responsible innovation,” according to the CFTC release. The agency said the proposal follows a March advanced notice on prediction markets and may be followed by more rulemaking.
The timing matters because prediction markets have moved from a crypto-adjacent niche into a large, fast-moving policy fight. Polymarket remains an on-chain brand with deep crypto visibility, while Kalshi has been expanding regulated U.S. derivatives after its recent push into bitcoin perpetual futures and later DOGE and SHIB contracts.
The immediate question is not whether the CFTC likes prediction markets. It is whether the agency can build a process that keeps markets inside U.S. oversight without letting insider trading, manipulation or event outcomes tied to violence become tradable public products.
CFTC Sets a 90-Day Review Clock
The pre-publication NPRM says comments are due 45 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register. The exact calendar deadline was not immediately available in the pre-publication version because it still used a placeholder tied to Federal Register publication.
The core mechanism is a 90-day review. The CFTC said it could review contracts that involve enumerated activities and decide whether a given market is contrary to the public interest.
That sounds technical, but it is the center of the fight. A broad ban would push activity offshore or into less transparent venues. A loose framework could let platforms list contracts that create obvious integrity problems.
The proposed test focuses on price discovery, information aggregation, market integrity threats and whether a prediction market has the surveillance and compliance tools to administer a contract. The agency also said no single factor would be dispositive, meaning the review would weigh the facts of each contract.
That contract-by-contract design is the important signal. It gives Kalshi, Polymarket US, Crypto.com and other CFTC-facing venues a path to argue that some sports, political, macro or crypto markets produce useful information, while still giving the agency room to block markets that create direct public-interest risks.
Kalshi and Polymarket Volumes Forced the Issue
Prediction markets are now too large for the CFTC to treat as a small legal corner. TRM Labs said monthly transaction volume across prediction markets grew from $1.2 billion in early 2025 to more than $20 billion in January 2026, with more than 800,000 unique wallets participating each month.
Pew’s later analysis showed the growth kept going into spring. In April, Polymarket US saw $1.3 billion of trading volume, compared with $9 billion on Polymarket International. Pew also found sports, politics and cryptocurrency made up 91% of global Kalshi volume and 90% of Polymarket volume since July 2024.
That mix explains why crypto readers should care even when the rule text is written in derivatives-law language. Prediction markets overlap with crypto through on-chain settlement, stablecoin liquidity, crypto event contracts and the same retail leverage culture that makes products like crypto futures risky for casual traders.
Kalshi moved one day before the CFTC announcement. In a June 9 post, the company said it was adding risk scoring, employment verification for some high-risk markets and improved whistleblower tools. It also said it had run more than 150 investigations in the first quarter, blocked more than 100 potential insider trades and made more than 20 law-enforcement referrals.
That disclosure gives the CFTC proposal a practical test case. A platform can say it has surveillance tools, but the agency now has to decide which tools are strong enough for markets tied to public companies, elections, sports outcomes, national security events or crypto prices.
Crypto Markets Stay in the Rule Fight
The proposal lands during a weak crypto tape, which gives the story a sharper market edge. Bitcoin’s one-month slide has not stopped the policy race around derivatives, stablecoins and prediction markets. It has simply made the risk controls more visible.
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June 10, 2026For Daily Crypto Briefs readers following U.S. market-structure policy, this is part of the same regulatory migration covered in the broader U.S. crypto regulation 2026 guide. Offshore-style products are looking for regulated U.S. lanes, and regulators are trying to write rules after the product category has already found users.
The sports language in the proposal may draw the most mainstream attention, but crypto is not off to the side. Pew’s data showed cryptocurrency as one of the top three prediction-market categories, and Kalshi’s recent DOGE and SHIB perp rollout shows how quickly event markets, derivatives markets and crypto-native risk appetite are converging.
The CFTC proposal does not settle the future of Polymarket, Kalshi or sports event contracts. It starts a new comment process, leaves room for later rulemaking and still requires final Commission action before any framework becomes binding.
The next watch point is the Federal Register publication date, which will start the 45-day comment clock. After that, exchanges, state gambling regulators, crypto firms, sports interests and market-integrity groups will have to decide whether the CFTC’s contract-by-contract approach is enough clarity or just the next round of the prediction-market fight.
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Primary sources and further reading
| Source | Title |
|---|---|
| | CFTC: Event contracts NPRM press release |
| | CFTC: Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations NPRM |
| | Kalshi: Market integrity updates |
| | Pew Research Center: Prediction market trading volume |
| | TRM Labs: Prediction markets volume report |
| | CoinGecko: Bitcoin price |
| | Alternative.me: Crypto Fear and Greed Index |
Fact-checked by: Daily Crypto Briefs Fact-Check Desk
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Frequently Asked Questions
What did the CFTC propose for prediction markets?
The CFTC proposed amendments to Regulation 40.11 and a new Appendix F to set out how it would review event contracts that may involve gaming, war, terrorism, assassination or unlawful conduct.
Does the CFTC proposal ban Kalshi or Polymarket markets?
No. The proposal sets up a contract-by-contract review framework. It does not impose a blanket ban on Kalshi, Polymarket or all sports or political event contracts.
How long is the proposed CFTC review period?
The CFTC proposal centers on a structured 90-day review process. The comment deadline will be 45 days after Federal Register publication.
Why does this matter for crypto readers?
Prediction markets overlap with crypto through Polymarket, crypto event contracts, on-chain liquidity, stablecoin settlement and the broader push to bring crypto-native market structures into regulated U.S. venues.