Market Integrity and Manipulation in Election Prediction Markets

Until recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has limited the ability of US persons to participate in election markets. However, recent developments have allowed event contracts to be made available to US participants through registered designated contract markets (DCMs) and swap execution facilities (SEFs). In addition, prediction markets open to non-US persons have gained significant attention and trading volume.

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