CME Group Sues CFTC Over Perpetual-Contracts Approval

By Jessica Corso ( June 18, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT) -- CME Group is challenging the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's decision to approve the listing of perpetual contracts, arguing in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the agency "overrode Congress's definition of the term 'swap'" when it gave Kalshi the green light last month to allow trading on bitcoin spot prices. ...

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