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Fanatics Strikes Deal to Acquire CFTC-Registered Infrastructure for Prediction Markets

Fanatics plans to offer its own regulated prediction market exchange after acquiring Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse from BGC Group. Fanatics and BGC Group agreed to the acquisition, Fanatics said in a Monday (July 27) press release.

CANONICAL SOURCEPYMNTS
DATE VERIFICATIONVerified: July 27, 2026
CAPTUREDJul 27, 11:36 AM
EVIDENCE TIERB1 · Independent / regulatory corroboration
TRACE IDfanatics-strikes-deal-to-acquire-cftc-registered-infra-4e15ffb8
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Fanatics Strikes Deal to Acquire CFTC-Registered Infrastructure for Prediction Markets

Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent payments trade media report Source: PYMNTS Published: 2026-07-27 Captured: 2026-07-27T15:36:44.305Z

Source summary

Fanatics plans to offer its own regulated prediction market exchange after acquiring Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse from BGC Group. Fanatics and BGC Group agreed to the acquisition, Fanatics said in a Monday (July 27) press release.

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Topics and entities

  • Industry lane: Payment infrastructure
  • Entities: PYMNTS
  • Payment infrastructure
  • Cross-border payments

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Date evidence: Automatically verified from article:published_time: 2026-07-27T14:52:10+00:00

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