# CFTC **Domain:** U.S. financial regulation **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)** is the U.S. federal regulator for derivatives markets, including designated contract markets and certain event contracts. ## Significance Its authority places prediction markets and sports event contracts at a live boundary between federal derivatives regulation and state or tribal gaming law. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.cftc.gov/About/AboutTheCommission) ## Routes [[wiki/CFTC Sports Event Contracts|CFTC Sports Event Contracts]] · [[wiki/Kalshi|Kalshi]] · [[wiki/Prediction Market|Prediction Market]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]