CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Incentive Abuse Risks
The warning shifts scrutiny from contract design to the incentives driving volume, putting wash trading and market manipulation at the center of compliance review.
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The warning shifts scrutiny from contract design to the incentives driving volume, putting wash trading and market manipulation at the center of compliance review.
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The MOVE token hit an all-time low after Coinbase delisting, and the bankruptcy filing now shows the project holds under $1M in assets despite raising $38M just last year.
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Left faces up to 25 years after a jury found his Twitter-driven short campaigns crossed into manipulation — a conviction that sharpens the legal perimeter around every high-profile social-media…
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Two of the world's largest derivatives exchanges are warning that an anonymous crypto perp venue could leak directly into the price of physical oil — a tradFi-on-DeFi contagion thesis regulators…
The on-chain investigator says insiders and an unnamed market maker hold the bulk of supply — but warned the same setup could fuel a push higher, not a flush.