CFTC appoints prediction market execs to 35-member ‘advisory’ committee

Monday, February 16, 2026 11:47 AM
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it is introducing an Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC), which includes prominent figures from across the prediction market space.

The 35-member group will include CEOs and presidents from various companies, including Shayne Coplan and Tarek Mansour, CEOs of prediction market giants Polymarket and Kalshi, respectively. Also named were Christian Genetski, president of FanDuel, and Jason Robins, CEO of DraftKings, as both sports betting behemoths enter the world of event contracts.

The group also includes leaders from various blockchain enterprises, as well as major stock market leaders, including Adena Friedman, chair and CEO of the Nasdaq.