Financial Regulation

The CFTC sued Arkansas on November 13, 2026, arguing that federal law preempts the state’s efforts to halt event-contract trading and seek civil penalties against CFTC-registered exchanges. The case follows Arkansas’s enforcement action against Kalshi and adds to similar litigation involving 10 other states, creating regulatory uncertainty for prediction-market operators and their support providers.

The **Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)** settled charges against eight individuals for soliciting U.S. customers through unregistered foreign introducing brokers in certain off-exchange retail currency and commodity transactions. The orders require them to cease and desist and bar them for two years from CFTC registration or work as a principal, agent, or employee of a CFTC registrant, creating a compliance-screening consideration rather than a procurement opportunity.

Federal lobbying on cryptocurrency taxation remains active across tax, venture capital, life insurance, and financial-services interests, despite reduced third-quarter spending by major crypto companies after market-structure legislation stalled. There is no current procurement opportunity, but the activity may signal future digital-asset legislation and federal rulemaking relevant to policy and regulatory contractors.

The OCC is implementing the GENIUS Act, signed July 18, 2025, to establish a federal framework for permitted payment stablecoin issuers. It is not yet accepting applications or waiver requests; that process will begin after OMB approves the related information collection. No procurement opportunity or funding is identified.