What Are Mention Markets and Why Is the CFTC Targeting Them?
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CFTC Issues Staff Advisory on Prediction Market Contracts Tied to Individual Conduct
On September 22, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued CFTC Staff Advisory No. 26-27, providing the agency’s most detailed guidance to date on a fast-growing category of prediction market products known as “mention markets.” The advisory addresses event contracts that settle based on whether an individual will say or...
CFTC staff informed exchanges on September 22 that mention markets would be considered vulnerable to manipulation by default; four factors need to be addressed for listing.
What Are Mention Markets and Why Is the CFTC Targeting Them?
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff told exchanges on September 22 that mention markets may be presumptively open to manipulation. Exchanges are expected to address four factors to list them, but no ban followed. Mention markets are yes-or-no contracts on whether a person says a word...
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