The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight has issued guidance and preliminary rules regarding prediction markets, providing guidance for the listing and trading of event contracts. The announcement states that as prediction markets rapidly develop, the CFTC encourages innovation and growth, while reminding designated contract markets (DCMs) to comply with the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and relevant Commission regulations, including CEA Section 5(d), Part 38, DCM Core Principle 3, and Appendix C guidance, as well as product submission requirements. The guidance particularly emphasizes the applicable details for sports-related event contracts and calls on frontline regulators to take proactive measures to ensure that markets remain compliant while innovating.