June 11, 2025

For Legitimacy, Crypto Task Force’s Policy Pronouncements Must Use Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking

As agency actions increasingly insulat…

June 10, 2025

Report: The SEC Must Hold Individuals Accountable for Corporate Misconduct

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Better Markets’ Director of Securities Policy, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ new Report, “The SEC Must Hold Individuals Accountable for Corporate Misconduct”: “SEC Chair…

June 09, 2025

Trump’s CFTC Chair Nominee Brian Quintenz’s Deregulatory Record Means Increased Dangers for Markets, Financial Stability, and Main Street Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following statement ahead of Brian Quintenz’s nomination hearing for Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

June 05, 2025

Kalshi Draws Court Scrutiny for Major Reversal in Its Effort to Evade State Regulation of Sports Gambling Contracts

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cantrell Dumas, Director of Derivatives Policy at Better Markets, issued the following statement regarding the latest developments in KalshiEX LLC v. Martin, Case No. 1:25-cv-01283 (D. Md.), where KalshiEX…

June 05, 2025

Cost-Benefit Analysis Is Re-Emerging as a Weapon in Trump Administration’s Campaign to Stifle Agency Rulemaking

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist at Better Markets, issued the following statement on the release of an updated report, The Trump Administration Seeks to Paralyze Agencies with…

June 04, 2025

Fact Sheet: Private Market Assets Do Not Belong in 401(k)s

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ New Fact Sheet, “Private Market Assets Do Not Belong in 401(k)s,” and in advance of…

June 04, 2025

The CFTC Should Not Discriminate Against U.S. Clearinghouses and Drive U.S. Business, Jobs & Customers Overseas via Dangerous Deregulation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following statement in response to a report that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Acting Chair,…

June 03, 2025

Federal Reserve Governor Bowman’s Pro-Wall Street, Anti-Main Street Views Make Her the Wrong Choice for Fed Vice Chair for Supervision

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Dennis Kelleher, President, CEO and Co-founder of Better Markets, issued the following statement ahead of this week’s Senate vote on Governor Michelle Bowman’s nomination to become Vice Chair for Supervision of…

May 30, 2025

Better Markets Month in Review Newsletter – May 2025

Below is the opening of our monthly newsletter. View the full newsletter online here.  This month, the financial regulatory agencies seemed determined to outdo one another in in enacting dangerous deregulation…