By SectorWire desk ·
CFTC chairman Michael Selig said state regulation of prediction markets would undermine federal market integrity. He made the comments at the Flyover Fintech conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Selig’s statement opposes state-level rules for prediction-market operators.
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