Perp Walk: “Wild West” Gold Rush in a $90 Trillion Market

by John A. Jenkins | Jun 4, 2026 | CFTC, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, News Media, Politics

FOIAengine: Requests Pile Up, As State and Federal Lawmakers Square Off Months before the regulatory chaos around prediction markets exploded into courtrooms, state houses, and the White House, sophisticated observers were already paying attention. More than 170...

Kalshi and Polymarket Targeted by Journalists

by Randy Miller | Mar 18, 2026 | CFTC, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, Litigation, News Media, Politics

FOIAengine: News Organizations Investigate Prediction Markets Several leading news organizations are investigating high-flying prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, based on Freedom of Information Act requests submitted to the Commodity and Futures Trading...

Crypto Pardon Doesn’t End Troubles for Zhao, Binance

by John A. Jenkins | Nov 5, 2025 | Antitrust, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, FTC, Politics, SEC

FOIAengine: Tort Lawyers, Watchdogs Continue the Fight The October 21 presidential pardon that wiped away Changpeng Zhao’s criminal history may have erased the felony conviction of the Binance founder, but it hasn’t freed his empire – or quieted the controversy.  ...

“Dirtbag of the Internet” Hits a Crypto Gusher

by John A. Jenkins | Jun 7, 2025 | Cryptocurrency, FOIA

FOIAengine:  Latest Media Requests Include $TRUMP   Chase Herro, a self-proclaimed “dirtbag of the internet,” is a fast-talking serial entrepreneur and dealmaker with a colorful backstory and a lot of legal baggage, as recounted last year in a Bloomberg feature: ...

Huge Turnaround in SEC’s Crypto Enforcement

by John A. Jenkins | Mar 5, 2025 | Cryptocurrency, FOIA, SEC

FOIAengine: Finding a Signal Amid Hundreds of Requests Cameron Winklevoss, half of the identical-twin duo at the helm of the cryptocurrency exchange named Gemini (yes, Houston, we get it), had a big reason to celebrate last week’s news that the government dropped its...

Mid-Year Review: FOIA Requests Show Media’s Focus on FTC

by Randy Miller | Aug 21, 2024 | Antitrust, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, FTC, News Media

FOIAengine Analysis Reveals Targets and Topics News media outlets continued to be the leading submitters of Freedom of Information Act requests to the Federal Trade Commission during the first half of 2024, with many of the requests focused on the agency’s...