According to BlockBeats, on August 28th, prediction market platform Polymarket US withdrew two applications for NFL player participation contracts. These contracts had just been certified by the CFTC the day before their scheduled listing date, and were withdrawn without public explanation. The contracts involved whether a player participated in at least one offensive or defensive play, and were intended to be settled based on official NFL game records, categorized as binary options swaps.
On the same day, Polymarket certified Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana price contracts to the CFTC, which are also paired binary option swap contracts.