August 01, 2025

Better Markets Month in Review Newsletter – July 2025

Below is the opening of our monthly newsletter. View the full newsletter online here.  If you or someone you know thinks the economy sucks, doesn’t work for you, or is…

July 30, 2025

Hill Update – July 2025

It was a busy month on Capitol Hill in July, as lawmakers rushed to finish their legislative business before the August recess. Unfortunately, much of that legislative business included passing deregulatory crypto…

July 30, 2025

Legal Update – July 2025

COURTS CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION’S UNPRECEDENTED REMOVAL OF AGENCY LEADERS WITHOUT CAUSE – Better Markets and others have been sounding the alarm as the Administration wages war against the federal…

July 30, 2025

Fact Sheet: Regulate Financial Firms’ Use of AI to Minimize Risks and Maximize Rewards

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy for Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ new Fact Sheet, “Regulate Financial Firms’…

July 28, 2025

ILC Corporate Banks Are Unfair Competition and Endanger All Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C.— A new Better Markets fact sheet released today details how the proliferation of corporate banks harms both the financial system and Americans at large. The rapid increase in corporate…

July 28, 2025

Suspicious CFTC FTX-Like Approval Related to Polymarket Gambling Should Be Fully Disclosed to the Public

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ filing of a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the Commodity Futures…

July 24, 2025

CFTC Should Investigate Polymarket’s FTX-Like Backdoor Strategy to Gain Control of a U.S. Registered Entity Without Regulatory Scrutiny

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with sending a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding Polymarket’s reported…

July 24, 2025

Fact Sheet: SPACs + Crypto = Buyer Beware

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Benjamin Schiffrin, Director of Securities Policy for Better Markets, issued the following statement in connection with Better Markets’ new Fact Sheet, “SPACs + Crypto = Buyer Beware”: “The financial industry…

July 23, 2025

New Report Highlights Demise of Consumer Financial Protection Regulations under Trump’s CFPB and Its Costs for Consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report released today by Better Markets exposes the sweeping scope of consumer financial protections that have been dismantled under the…