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Short articles on the CFTC’s warning and Kalshi’s margin request. Not a recommendation to buy or sell.
Written here from the cited reports. Not a tip and not a forecast.
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2026-09-23
Kalshi asked the CFTC for margin on prediction marketsYahoo Finance reported that Kalshi wants permission to offer margin trading on prediction markets. The request landed the same week the CFTC warned exchanges about mentions contracts.
2026-09-22
The CFTC told exchanges that “mentions” bets are easier to rigOn September 22 the CFTC wrote to regulated exchanges about contracts that pay on whether a word is said. Settlement depends on one person’s speech, which the agency said is a higher manipulation risk.