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Funding RoundsRebel Audio Raises Series A At Approximately $50 Million Valuation
Venture CapitalExclusive | Lightspeed, Looking to Evolve LP Relationships, Hires Head of Capital Partnerships
M and ANvidia may buy or invest further in AI startup Reflection
IPOs and PublicMicrosoft's Nadella says AI needs an ‘emergency brake’ that humans control
Exits and FailuresWho Controls Prediction Markets? Federal and State Powers Collide
Artificial IntelligenceMicrosoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’
Fintech and CryptoCash App Users with Approved Claims Set to Receive Payments This Month from Security Settlement
Enterprise and SaaSAtlassian’s Head of AI: We Bolted AI Onto 20+ Apps, Almost Didn’t Ship Chat, and Flipped Our Hiring Toward Juniors
Climate and BioFunding and acquisitions in Indian startups this week [Oct 5- Oct 10]
Founder GuideVivian Midha Shen and Raphael Schaad Join YC as General Partners
EcosystemsCloudflare acquires software startup Deno to strengthen Workers

Exits and Failures

Blockchain.com seeks regulatory approval for US prediction markets and derivatives

Digital asset firm Blockchain.com has submitted applications to the CFTC to launch regulated prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading for United States clients.

FTMQ Startups, written by our newsroom11 October 2026 at 01:020 views

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Digital asset platform Blockchain.com has applied for regulatory approval to launch prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading in the United States. ReadWrite, Crowdfund Insider, Decrypt News, and Yahoo Finance all report that the company disclosed the move on October 9. The platform submitted filings to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees domestic futures and derivatives markets. [1][2][4][5]

According to ReadWrite and Crowdfund Insider, the applications cover both retail and institutional customers. Blockchain.com is seeking designated contract market status from the regulator. ReadWrite notes that obtaining this status would permit the business to operate a fully regulated futures exchange. [1][2]

Blockchain.com originally started as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in 2011. The company later expanded into providing cryptocurrency wallets, brokerage services, institutional lending, and market analytics. [7]

Neither a decision date nor a target launch timeline has been announced yet. ReadWrite reports that the filings have not been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at this stage. [1]

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In short

Blockchain.com submitted applications to the CFTC on October 9.
The filings request designated contract market status to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives.
The proposed products are planned for both retail and institutional clients in the United States.
The regulator has not yet granted approval, and no launch date has been set.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]Crypto and Event Trading Could Join One Blockchain.com ServiceReadWrite, 20h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Blockchain.com Seeks CFTC Approval to Launch US Prediction Markets and Crypto DerivativesCrowdfund Insider, 9h ago
[3]1 Year Since Crypto’s Biggest Liquidation Event: Bitcoin Hasn’t Fully Recovered YetCryptoPotato, 11h ago
[4]Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto DerivativesDecrypt News, 1d ago
[5]Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto DerivativesYahoo Finance, 1d ago

Background

[6]One World Trade Center on Wikipedia
[7]Blockchain.com on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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