# CFTC investigates if Kalshi improperly self-certified event contracts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cftc-investigates-if-kalshi-improperly-self-certified-event-contracts/
- Published: 2026-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T20:57:40+00:00
- Original publisher: CNBC (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/11/cftc-investigates-if-kalshi-improperly-self-certified-event-contracts.html
- Topics: Business, Markets

## Key points

- CFTC is investigating Kalshi’s filings for proposed contracts.
- Kalshi describes the issue as procedural and says it is addressing it.
- Prediction markets face wider regulatory and political scrutiny.

## Summary

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether Kalshi properly notified it about proposed event contracts. Kalshi says the matter concerns a minor filing error and that it is working with the regulator; the inquiry adds to growing scrutiny of prediction markets in Washington.

Kalshi said the CFTC flagged weather-related contracts and that several contracts involved were not live, but did not say when the investigation began. Platforms can self-certify contracts without prior approval if they comply with the Commodity Exchange Act. The CFTC has also examined Kalshi’s sports “mention markets” and is conducting a broad probe into competitor Polymarket.

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