The Hyperliquid Policy Center joined forces with Multicoin Capital to drop a joint comment straight to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 27th ๐ค. They voiced full backing for the agencyโs proposed prediction market framework yet pushed for a pair of tweaks that could reshape how on-chain event contracts get built and cleared ๐ฎ.
Settlement Shifts Take Center Stage ๐
This filing hits back at the CFTCโs Prediction Markets Public Interest Determinations idea from June. It targets changes to Regulation 40.11 and sets up a 90-day review window for event contracts touching gaming war terrorism or assassination plus other Commodity Exchange Act hot zones ๐ฏ๏ธ. HPC and Multicoin labeled the plan a clear and well-reasoned framework while insisting prediction markets stay under exclusive federal watch ๐น.
Prediction markets topped $50 billion in trading volume last month, and the biggest names in traditional finance are moving in. Today, with @multicoin, we filed a joint comment supporting the @CFTCโs proposed prediction markets framework. These markets have grown up. Theโฆ https://t.co/pYG4mevmbT
โ Hyperliquid Policy Center (@HyperliquidPC) July 27, 2026
They warned that state-by-state rules would splinter national derivatives markets into fifty separate regimes creating chaos for everyone involved ๐ฆ. The first big worry centers on the word involve in the Commodity Exchange Act. Regulators could review contracts tied to banned activities and block them if they harm public interest so the letter backs an angle focused purely on settlement. Trading alone would not count as gaming; only payouts hinging directly on illegal acts would trigger the rule ๐. They also want extra examples to cover tricky edge cases like multi-path settlements or indirect links to sensitive events so platforms can spot risks before launch.
Transparency Turns Competitive Edge ๐ธ๏ธ
The second ask hits post-review steps under Regulation 40.11. The CFTC plans to share written reasons only when it blocks a contract yet HPC and Multicoin say approvals by silence reveal just as much about boundaries. Without public notes other platforms risk repeating legal work or dodging safe products altogether. Developments around these requests will show if regulators truly hear industry voices and craft rules fair to all sides.
Just another echo from the void by iconofsin.eth ๐

