Crypto lobby forms working group seeking prediction market clarity

CoinTelegraph
by Brian Quarmby
February 18, 2026
The Prediction Markets Working Group, launched by The Digital Chamber, will champion the sector’s values while advocating for the CFTC to maintain primary oversight.  Blockchain advocacy group The Digital Chamber has launched a new unit focused on supporting prediction markets and helping gain regulatory clarity for the sector in the US.  In an announcement on X on Tuesday, The Digital Chamber unveiled the Prediction Markets Working Group, outlining a multi-year plan to clarify what it called a “misunderstood segment of finance.”  The Digital Chamber said the first course of action was to send a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Mike Selig, praising his efforts to maintain federal jurisdiction over prediction markets and calling for an end to regulation by enforcement. Read more
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Originally published on CoinTelegraph on 2/18/2026