馬薩諸塞州監管機構在大學籃球預測市場中心探測羅比尼

據報導

Massachusetts’ securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe over Robinhood’s prediction markets offering that has allowed users to bet on the outcomes for a slew of events, including basketball tournaments.

據報導，馬薩諸塞州的證券監管機構對Robinhood的預測市場發起了調查，該產品使用戶能夠押注包括籃球比賽在內的一系列活動的結果。

The state’s Secretary of State, Bill Galvin, said his office subpoenaed Robinhood last week to get information on its marketing materials and the number of Massachusetts-based users that traded sports events contracts on college basketball tournaments, according to a March 24 report by Reuters.

州立國務卿比爾·加爾文（Bill Galvin）表示，他的辦公室在上週進行了傳票，以獲取有關其營銷材料的信息以及馬薩諸塞州的用戶數量，這些用戶的數量是在大學籃球比賽中交易體育賽事合同的信息，這是根據3月24日的24日報告。

The probe follows the CFTC’s request last month for Kalshi and Crypto.com to explain how both of their Super Bowl event contracts complied with derivatives regulations. Event contracts are agreements that enable users to wager on the outcome of essentially anything, such as sports games, elections and the price of cryptocurrencies. They were popularized on the blockchain-based prediction market Polymarket and non-decentralized competitor Kalshi and have drawn the attention of some regulators.

該調查遵循CFTC上個月對Kalshi和Crypto.com的要求，以解釋他們的兩項超級碗活動合同如何符合衍生品法規。事件合同是協議，使用戶能夠在本質上賭博的結果，例如體育遊戲，選舉和加密貨幣的價格。它們在基於區塊鏈的預測市場多聚市場和非二次競爭者Kalshi上得到了普及，並引起了某些監管機構的注意。

The CFTC and Galvin’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

CFTC和Galvin的辦公室沒有立即回應置評請求。

The probe also seeks any internal communications about the decision to roll out the recent college basketball events contracts after the CFTC’s request to halt the Super Bowl contracts, the report noted.

報告指出，該調查還尋求任何內部溝通，以決定在CFTC要求停止超級碗合同的要求之後決定推出最近的大學籃球比賽合同。

The news comes as Robinhood scrapped event contracts allowing for bets on the Super Bowl a day after launching the products after the CFTC asked it to.

這個消息傳來，因為羅比尼（Robinhood）報廢的活動合同允許在CFTC要求使用產品後每天發射產品後每天在超級碗上進行賭注。

“We’re unable to comment on any pending legal matters,” a Robinhood spokesperson told Cointelegraph in response to a request for comment.

“我們無法對任何未決的法律事務發表評論，”羅比尼發言人告訴Cointelegraph，以回應置評請求。

The firm’s new prediction markets hub, which is being launched in partnership with Kalshi, will initially feature event contracts on college basketball tournaments and the May federal funds rate. The event contracts “are regulated by the CFTC and offered through CFTC-registered entities,” the spokesperson added.

該公司的新預測市場樞紐正在與Kalshi合作推出，最初將在大學籃球比賽和五月聯邦資金利率上簽訂活動合同。發言人補充說，活動合同“由CFTC監管，並通過CFTC註冊的實體提供。”

“Prediction markets have become increasingly relevant for retail and institutional investors alike, and we’re proud to be one of the first platforms to offer these products to retail customers in a safe and regulated manner.”

“預測市場與零售和機構投資者的關係變得越來越重要，我們很自豪能夠成為最早以安全且受監管的方式為零售客戶提供這些產品的平台之一。”

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) share price remained relatively flat after the close of trading on March 24 after an over 9% jump over the day to close at $48.36, according to Google Finance.

根據Google Finance的數據，3月24日交易結束後，Robinhood Markets（Hood）股價在一天中的交易結束後保持相對平坦。

The firm is up nearly 30% so far this year but has fallen from its Feb. 14 all-time peak of $65.28.

該公司今年到目前為止上漲了近30％，但已從2月14日的歷史最高峰下降了65.28美元。