Coinbase Exits Michigan Sports Markets as Appeals Continue
News Source : ReadWrite
News Summary
- Coinbase Financial Markets Inc.
- has agreed to stop offering new sports-event contracts to Michigan customers and close remaining open positions by midnight Saturday.
- In return, Michigan will hold off on enforcement action while Coinbase complies and related appeals continue.
- The agreement does not end the dispute over whether Michigan can regulate event contracts registered with the CFTC as gambling.
- Instead, it sets an operating restriction for Coinbase while the legal question remains before the courts.
- It follows a similar deal with Robinhood Derivatives LLC and a state-court preliminary injunction against KalshiEX LLC.
Coinbase Financial Markets Inc.
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