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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of â€œEvent Contractsâ€ —a.k.a. event derivative markets, event futures markets, betting markets, bet markets, prediction markets

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via professor Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth (one of the top 5 economists studying prediction markets), the CFTC: Release: 5493-08 For Release: May 1, 2008 CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of â€œEvent Contractsâ€ Washington, DC â€“ The Commodity Futures … Continue reading →

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Will HedgeStreet USA, the hypothetical InTrade USA, and the hypothetical TradeFair USA, be regulated in the future by a merged SEC+CFTC regulatory structure?

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

That sounds like a good prediction market proposal. – As you all know: The SEC regulates the securities markets (which support capital formation). The CFTC regulates the futures markets (which exist to discover prices). The SEC is rules based, meaning … Continue reading →

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What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of â€œEvent Contractsâ€ —a.k.a. event derivative markets, event futures markets, betting markets, bet markets, prediction markets

Will HedgeStreet USA, the hypothetical InTrade USA, and the hypothetical TradeFair USA, be regulated in the future by a merged SEC+CFTC regulatory structure?

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