---
title: "SEC Chair Atkins defends CFTC's Selig despite questions over agency's ability to regulate prediction markets"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/sec-chair-atkins-defends-cftcs-selig-despite-questions-over-agencys-ability-to-regulate-prediction-markets/
date: 2026-06-16
modified: 2026-06-16
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "SEC Chair Paul Atkins came to the defense of CFTC Michael Selig as the derivatives agency digs in his heels on regulating prediction markets."
categories:
  - "CFTC"
  - "Crypto News"
tags:
  - "CFTC"
  - "Congress"
  - "derivatives"
  - "Legal"
  - "Markets"
  - "Policy"
  - "prediction markets"
  - "regulation"
  - "sec"
  - "US Policymaking"
word_count: 24
---

# SEC Chair Atkins defends CFTC's Selig despite questions over agency's ability to regulate prediction markets

SEC Chair Paul Atkins came to the defense of CFTC Michael Selig as the derivatives agency digs in his heels on regulating prediction markets.