The CFTC requested comment on how prediction markets should be regulated, including applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, which types of event contracts may be contrary to the public interest, and the potential costs and benefits of future rulemaking.
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In separate remarks before the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, Chair Paul S. Atkins, Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, and Commissioner Hester M. Peirce prioritized reducing regulatory burdens and modernizing market infrastructure to accommodate new technologies with respect to public company disclosure, investment company proxy voting, and tokenization of equity securities.
In remarks at the Cato Institute Policy Forum, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman detailed plans to modernize and recalibrate U.S. bank capital requirements.
FDIC Chair Travis Hill outlined the agency's shifting approach to bank supervision, stablecoin deposit insurance, and the resolution of failed banks.
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation Managing Director Val Wotton described how the organization is focused on expanding to 24x5 trading, and that the organization will expand its clearing windows to enable overnight trading activity beginning in June.