Interactive Brokers‘ (NASDAQ:IBKR) Thomas Peterffy has revealed that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will not permit the listing of election-related contracts on their soon-to-launch prediction market, “ForecastEx.” What Happened: On Wednesday, Peterffy, the founder of Interactive Brokers, revealed during CNBC’s “Last Call” that the CFTC will not allow to list election-related contracts on their upcoming prediction market. “They think that it may influence the election. That people with a lot of money could influence the election by deriving the contract to an unreasonable leve…
