U.S. CFTC moves to stop Kalshi from canceling trades as ordered by Michigan court

The federal derivatives regulator, which oversees trading at Kalshi, argued it was inappropriate for Michigan to "bully" the firm into reversing trades.

U.S. CFTC moves to stop Kalshi from canceling trades as ordered by Michigan court

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U.S. CFTC moves to stop Kalshi from canceling trades as ordered by Michigan court

The federal derivatives regulator, which oversees trading at Kalshi, argued it was inappropriate for Michigan to "bully" the firm into reversing trades.

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Jul 14, 2026, 8:51 p.m.

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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig ordered Kalshi not to allow trade interference from Michigan courts. (CoinDesk)

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Kalshi was about to reverse prediction market trades made by its Michigan customers in answer to a court order, but the U.S. Commodities Trading Commission stepped in and argued that Michigan had no right to interfere with contracts.

The CFTC halted the company from fulfilling the court order, which stemmed from the state's recent efforts to halt sports trades that its attorney general said represents illegal gambling.

Michigan is the latest of several states in which the U.S. derivatives regulator is defending its legal authority over prediction markets.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission threw itself in between Michigan courts and prediction market firm Kalshi on Tuesday,

issuing an order

to disallow the company from meeting a local court demand that it cancel previous customer transactions.

The CFTC move amplifies its legal fight with state governments and courts over what its chairman argues is its unbreakable and exclusive regulatory authority over trading at Kalshi, which it regulates as a designated contract market (DCM).

"The commission will not allow states or state courts to bully registered entities into violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations," said CFTC Chairman Mike Selig in a statement alongside his agency's order. Selig has embraced prediction markets and promised to institute friendly regulations, and he's also vigorously defended his agency's authority to regulate them in a way that negates state powers.

The CFTC has

sued a number of states

that have sought to halt or penalize event contract businesses as illegal gambling. The agency noted Tuesday that Michigan is the first state to attempt to interfere in transaction activity directly.

"Canceling trades that have already been executed is an unprecedented step that risks a cascading effect on the entire marketplace and undermines the certainty in contracting that is a necessary component of a functioning market," Selig said.

In June, a county circuit court in Michigan

ordered Kalshi to cease online sports wagers

in the state — a halt requested by the state's attorney general.

On July 2, Kalshi submitted an emergency request to the CFTC about responding to a court order to have certain Michigan users' trades "‘voided, cancelled and refunded." The CFTC ordered the company to stand down and

said in its order

that allowing the reversals "would risk shattering public confidence by giving traders cause to worry that the trades they execute today may be unwound a week — or a year — later."

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