Comment on CFTC-2026-0331, CFTC-2026-0331-0001, Maurice, Bransfield
Maurice BransfieldSupportBusiness
Summary: Mick Bransfield of Kingston Chase Consulting, LLC, urges the CFTC to adopt rulemaking requiring prediction market DCMs to publish trade data in machine-readable formats and maintain at least 24 months of historical archives. He argues that current practices (like PDF-only publication) hinder academic research, regulatory oversight, and democratic accountability.
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