https://digitalassetradar.com/tags/derivatives/Recent content in Derivatives on Digital Asset RadarHugoen-usSun, 26 Jul 2026 09:59:36 +0000https://digitalassetradar.com/guides/what-are-event-contracts/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:59:36 +0000https://digitalassetradar.com/guides/what-are-event-contracts/<p>An event contract is a financial derivative that pays out $1 if a defined real-world event happens and $0 if it doesn&rsquo;t — so its price, somewhere between 1 and 99 cents, reads directly as the market&rsquo;s implied probability of that outcome. In the United States, event contracts are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as derivatives, not as gambling, and they trade on federally licensed exchanges rather than at a sportsbook.</p>