{
  "id": 13172271,
  "title": "Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto Derivatives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/blockchain-com-seeks-approval-for-us-prediction-markets-and-crypto",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:06:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/380612/blockchain-cftc-prediction-markets-crypto-derivatives"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Blockchain.com has applied for two licenses with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives. The licenses, a designated contract market (DCM) and futures commission merchant (FCM), would allow the company to operate as a futures exchange for event contracts and a broker for derivatives contracts. According to Cointelegraph, this would enable Blockchain.com to offer its own marketplace with event contracts, rather than relying on overseas partners or a partnership with Polymarket.\n\nThe company is seeking to enter the prediction market boom in the US, having already offered some prediction markets internationally. Blockchain.com filed for the licenses as the courts weigh prediction markets cases, with many state-level authorities having lawsuits pending against companies for alleged violations of laws betting on sports and elections.\n\nIf approved, the licenses would allow Blockchain.com to provide event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives to US-based retail and institutional investors. The company has reportedly applied for the licenses to run its own regulated event-contract venue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Blockchain.com seeks U.S. approval for prediction markets, crypto derivatives trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/blockchain-com-seeks-u-s-approval-for-prediction-markets-crypto",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:01:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Blockchain.com is seeking CFTC licenses to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives in the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/blockchain-com-is-seeking-cftc-licenses-to-offer-prediction-markets",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:50:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Blockchain.com seeks CFTC greenlight for US prediction markets, crypto derivatives trading: CNBC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/blockchain-com-seeks-cftc-greenlight-for-us-prediction-markets-crypto",
        "published": "2026-10-09T16:05:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Blockchain.com pursues CFTC approval for prediction markets: CNBC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/blockchain-com-pursues-cftc-approval-for-prediction-markets-cnbc",
        "published": "2026-10-09T16:22:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}