Michael Selig, the nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was pressed at his confirmation hearing Wednesday to weigh in on the debate around prediction markets. Asked by U.S.

Michael Selig, the current Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently talked about what he described as a “Future-Proof” initiative, which focuses on modernizing the CFTC ...

(This Oct 24 story has been refiled without any changes to the text.) (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has picked Michael Selig as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chair, an ...

President Donald J. Trump has tapped Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Selig, a former partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, is chief counsel of the U.S. Securities and ...

Michael Selig gave few direct answers to questions about prediction markets being compared to legal sports betting during Wednesday’s nomination hearing. Michael Selig was tabbed after the White House ...

U.S. President Donald Trump selected Michael Selig to serve as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Selig acknowledged recently on X. The selection could be a pivotal move in the ...

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“I’m grateful for the confidence President Trump has placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the CFTC at this pivotal time,” Chairman Selig said. “Today begins a new chapter for the CFTC. We are ...

Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at a confirmation hearing in November.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images If you pay attention to Kalshi and Polymarket, there's a name ...

Michael Selig said the US financial regulator had filed an amicus brief against what he called an “onslaught of state-led litigation” against prediction markets. Michael Selig, who chairs the US ...