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The warning comes weeks after the CFTC fined a former White House teleprompter operator who made more than $107,000 trading prediction contracts tied to President Trump\u2019s speeches. <\/p>\n
The US commodities regulator has warned that prediction market contracts tied to what a person says or does carry a heightened risk of manipulation, putting exchanges on notice as the industry faces increasing scrutiny over market integrity. <\/p>\n
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2019s Division of Market Oversight on Tuesday said<\/span><\/a> it issued an advisory to some of its regulated entities, advising that there are only \u201climited circumstances\u201d in which \u201cmention markets\u201d \u2014 event contracts based on whether an individual will say certain words, attend or app<\/a>ear at an event or interact with another person \u2014 can be listed consistently with the Commodity Exchange Act. <\/p>\n \u201cThese contract types present a heightened risk of manipulation because their settlement turns on the discrete conduct of a person that may be neither independently generated nor externally verifiable,\u201d the regulator said. <\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n