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As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks

NPR · Oct 8, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

Even as the agency is tasked with drawing up new rules for crypto and prediction markets, its staffing and enforcement actions have dropped precipitously during the second Trump administration.

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