The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association signed a memorandum of understanding on October 26, 2026, aimed at protecting the integrity of professional basketball in prediction markets. The CFTC-NBA agreement centers on closer information sharing between the financial regulator and the league.
Under the arrangement, the two organizations will communicate regularly and discuss integrity-related issues, the CFTC said in its release. Their stated goal is to keep prediction markets tied to professional basketball fair and transparent.
CFTC-NBA memorandum puts information sharing at the center of integrity efforts
The memorandum establishes cooperation through data sharing and regular communication. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig described it as part of the agency’s commitment to increasing information exchanges with professional sports leagues.
Selig said the NBA was joining MLB and NHL in efforts to protect both sports integrity and market participants. He specifically identified insider trading and fraud as abuses those efforts seek to prevent in prediction markets.
“I’m pleased the CFTC and NBA signed an MOU which continues the Commission’s commitment to increasing data sharing between the agency and professional sports leagues,” Selig said.
The CFTC-NBA memorandum links the integrity of basketball competition with that of the financial markets where related contracts trade. The agreement’s stated focus is cooperation between the regulator and the league to support those shared priorities.
Selig also thanked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for working with the CFTC on the memorandum and credited him with putting professional basketball and America’s financial-market integrity first.
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