# CFTC Warns Kalshi of Possible Charges While Siding With Crypto Firms on Perpetual Futures

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing the White House over staff insider trading on prediction markets, and the agency is defending its approval of perpetual contracts against a lawsuit from CME Group.

- Published: 2026-11-11T05:35:20.767Z
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has warned prediction-market operator Kalshi that charges could come soon, Bloomberg reported. Politico, as relayed by Cointelegraph, reported that the case concerns Kalshi's alleged failure t…

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