{
  "id": 13828490,
  "title": "CFTC Wants to Redefine Swaps to Include Prediction Platforms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/cftc-wants-to-redefine-swaps-to-include-prediction-platforms",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:08:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/legal/2026/cftc-wants-to-redefine-swaps-to-include-prediction-platforms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) wants to define financial swaps to include event contracts based on sports, political, cultural and weather-related events. The regulator published a proposed rulemaking plan Friday (Oct. 9), part of an ongoing legal fight around the prediction markets sector. That proposal is designed to remove “any ambiguity regarding these contracts,” […] The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}