Trump Backs CFTC Over Prediction Markets, Calls State Officials ‘Scum’

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Decrypt's White House correspondent @sander_lutz asked President Trump about his comments on prediction markets from earlier this week: “A lot of other countries are doing it, and when the other countries do it, we get left out in the cold if we don’t.” pic.twitter.com/IWPwxXDP7c — Decrypt (@DecryptMedia) April 25, 2026 Prediction markets in the U.S. My full interview with @ChairmanSelig of the CFTC. We spoke about the Chairman's upbringing, his time at the SEC and now the CFTC, crypto and prediction markets. Timestamps: 00:00 - Background & discovering crypto 06:57 - Fighting the SEC before joining them 16:13 - Why the… pic.twitter.com/GpGh1D0iRW— Farokh (@farokh) April 1, 2026

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