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CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Manipulation Risks In ‘Mention’ Contracts
TL;DR The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight has issued guidance on prediction contracts that settle based on whether a person says, mentions or does something. The regulator says these ‘mention markets’ can carry heightened manipulation risk when settlement depends on conduct that is not independently generated or verifiable.
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