In brief
- Blockchain.com has applied to the CFTC for two licenses—a designated contract market and a futures commission merchant—to offer event contracts and crypto derivatives to U.S. retail and institutional customers.
- The move would bring in-house what it now offers abroad through Polymarket and Hyperliquid.
- It joins a crowded federal-license rush, as the CFTC asserts authority amid state gambling suits and a Supreme Court fight.
Blockchain.com is making a bid to join the U.S. prediction-market boom, telling CNBC it has applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for licenses to offer event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives to American customers.
The crypto platform filed for two designations, the company told CNBC:…
