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Michael Selig

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Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

But it is important that each product has integrity and that they're not susceptible to insider trading and manipulation.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

Well, certainly.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

There's a range of different products out there, right?

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

And certain products we just saw with Kalshi listing a product related to Mr. Beast and it brought an enforcement action against an employee of Mr. Beast who had information about when the videos would be posted and contents of the videos and was able to

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

predict certain things and trade ahead of that.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

And insider trading is certainly a crime under our authority.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

That said, other products, right, you have controls and you ensure that there's not the ability to misappropriate insider information and trade on it.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

You block certain, for example, players from trading in their own contracts or people with information about an employer that they can trade ahead on.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

So it's important to enforce that in our markets.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

We have the same risks in our securities markets and

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

You know, you could have someone insider trading on a broker, trading ahead of a customer, for example.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

So we do set rules and we enforce them.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

And some products, of course, are more susceptible than others.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

And maybe those shouldn't be listed by exchanges as they're evaluating what's susceptible to manipulation.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

Well, we've got all sorts of different products out there.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

You start with insurance, you have securities, you have derivatives, and yes, there's gambling at the state level.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

They're all structured differently.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

These are different activities, different products.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

I can design an insurance contract that looks a lot like a derivatives contract, but there's different economic variables that are at play and the way that it's structured is documented differently, all of that.

Bloomberg Talks
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Talks Prediction Markets

When you go into a casino and you make a bet with a bookie, the house usually wins.