At 7:46 a.m. Monday, Doornbos had posted on X that Iranian officials were still considering a U.S. proposal to end the war, 'centering around uranium enrichment.'
"The current administration has signaled that it is very pro-business and wants to make it as easy as possible for these new fintech business models such as prediction markets and crypto to operate."
Escalating geopolitical risk continued to dominate global markets' concerns, with safe-haven demand keeping the dollar index anchored near a multi-week high.
The arrangement is a formal memorandum of understanding that sets up how the league and the CFTC will work together. The two sides plan to monitor trading activity, exchange information, and look for any signs of manipulation tied to baseball-related event contracts.
People around the world are trying to access the U.S. market, but they're often unable to-there's a lot of hoops to jump through. The most exciting thing is that this partnership allows us and ICE to bring twenty-four-seven, tokenized securities-all the equities on the New York Stock Exchange-onto the OKX app. American stocks should be accessible to people around the globe.
CORN holds a blend of CBOT corn futures contracts across near-month, second-to-expire, and December delivery dates. That structure reduces over-concentration in a single contract month, which limits but does not eliminate futures roll costs. The fund launched in June 2010 and holds roughly $45 million in net assets, making it a small but functional vehicle for those seeking direct corn price exposure without a futures brokerage account.
America's financial markets are the envy of the world because they scale and adapt to meet investor demands. Like our markets, the CFTC's and SEC's regulatory frameworks must also evolve and modernize to accommodate the needs of our market participants.
At the global level, two major economic blocs, the US and Europe, are taking very different approaches to crypto regulation. On one side, the European Union has moved from drafting rules to active enforcement. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) has entered into force in phases. It already covers crypto asset service providers and market abuse, while the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) aims to integrate its interim MiCA register into formal regulatory systems.
Bessent told host Maria Bartiromo that the recent volatility and developments in crypto markets really show the need for legal certainty. "What we're seeing in the crypto market over the past few months means more than ever that the U.S. needs market structure, we need clarity, and we need to get this across the line this spring," he said. Bessent acknowledged resistance from some quarters but said he remains optimistic that Congress can bring the bill back for a markup session.
The Commission has full authority to police illegal trading practices occurring on any DCM, including those described above related to prediction markets. Kalshi used its own announcement to underscore that we ban insider trading and said it had launched about 200 investigations over the past year. More than a dozen of those inquiries led to formal enforcement actions.