FudSniper has identified a new FUD narrative in the market: Trump’s top regulator for prediction markets pledges crackdown on insider trading. Here is our analysis of whether this is genuine concern or manufactured fear.
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- Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2026
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- Follow Washington — The top federal regulator for the rapidly growing prediction market industry vowed Thursday to crack down on insider trading, and said his agency is actively investigating hundreds
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Michael Selig, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, tried to allay rising and bipartisan concerns about prediction markets, where traders can bet
- “I want to be crystal clear to anyone who engages in fraud, manipulation, or insider trading in any of our markets: we will find you, and the full force of the law will come to bear,” Selig told t
- He said the CFTC currently has “hundreds or thousands of investigations ongoing” but declined to provide a specific number
- Source: Trump’s top regulator for prediction markets pledges crackdown on insider trad
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Published by Fudsniper on April 17, 2026. Source: Trump’s top regulator for prediction markets pledges crack