The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has raised concerns about gaps in self-certification filings for event contracts and prediction markets, specifically citing incomplete disclosures around market-making arrangements, liquidity rebates, and trading rewards. The agency warned that these incentive programs can distort market pricing and participant behavior.

Forces platforms to tighten incentive disclosures in self-certification filings or risk CFTC rejection, raising compliance costs for market-making and rebate programs industry-wide.