CFTC issues staff advisory on cooperation in enforcement matters for event contracts
CFTC staff issued an advisory on cooperation in enforcement matters on May 19, 2026, according to a Gibson Dunn summary. The advisory was noted in the context of event contracts offered on CFTC-regulated exchanges. Separately, a CFTC commissioner had previewed a forthcoming Staff Advisory on Cooperation that would materially revise the agency's approach to working with asset managers, in a Baker McKenzie asset management bulletin covering March-April 2026. No further details on the advisory's timing or substance were provided in either excerpt. The dual references suggest the advisory is now published after being telegraphed by agency leadership.
Asset managers trading event contracts on CFTC-registered exchanges like Kalshi must now navigate revised cooperation protocols with enforcement staff. Any advisory that shifts disclosure expectations or leniency thresholds directly changes how those firms document and report trading activity.
Joins the DOJ's first prediction-market insider-trading charge and the CFTC's Minnesota preemption suit as the third major enforcement-policy move by federal regulators in under four days, positioning agency cooperation frameworks as the next compliance frontier for CFTC-registered platforms.