Public Data Reporting

Public data: retrieved, examined, and reported.

We dig into public data that belongs to everyone and then publish what we find back to the public.

Independent

We take no money from anyone named in a report. Read it as public service, not a pitch.

Primary sources

Pulled straight from the filings and datasets themselves, not someone else's summary of them.

Ongoing

New ones go up as dockets close and a dataset seems worth a closer look.

Reports

Available reports.

CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission 3 reports

Federal Regulatory Docket · CFTC Published August 3, 2026

Data Reporting Requirements for Certain Event Contracts (RIN 3038-AF73)

Read every comment filed on Docket CFTC-2026-1453, the CFTC's plan to replace years of ad hoc no-action letters with a codified, futures-style reporting regime for event contracts. Nearly every DCM and FCM that filed backs the shift off swap reporting, but splits from the Commission over a duplicative customer-ID requirement — while a separate cluster argues the rule reports transactions without reporting the relationships behind them.

Comments reviewed

51.5%

Support the rule as drafted

Distinct argument blocs

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Federal Regulatory Docket · CFTC Published July 29, 2026

Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations

Read every comment filed on Docket CFTC-2026-1189, the CFTC's proposal to drop a 15-year ban on gaming-related event contracts in favor of a case-by-case public-interest review. Turns out 82.6% of the 1,383 comments belong to one of three organized campaigns. Strip those out, plus a 65-comment tribal sovereign bloc, and the independent voices left over split almost evenly, support versus opposition.

1,383

Comments reviewed

82.6%

Belong to an organized campaign

Identifiable blocs

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Federal Regulatory Docket - CFTC Updated July 30, 2026

Review of the Commitments of Traders Reporting Program

Read every comment on Docket CFTC-2026-0859, the CFTC's review of whether to publish its Commitments of Traders report more often than weekly. Identified every commenter and organization by name across all 101 comments, then sorted them by stance into ten blocs, from a retail wave pushing for daily data to a coordinated agricultural trade association bloc arguing for a more cautious twice-weekly step.

101

Comments reviewed

95.0%

Support more frequent publication

Identifiable blocs

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FWS — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1 report

Federal Regulatory Docket · FWS Published August 3, 2026

Revision of the Grizzly Bear 4(d) Rule Under the Endangered Species Act

A full read of all 18,726 comments on Docket FWS-R6-ES-2024-0186 through July 31, 2026 (the comment period has since been extended to August 17 and remains open). Classified every comment by stance and theme. 97.7% oppose the revision, but organized campaigns — three major ones, plus several smaller templates — account for roughly 93% of the docket; the independently written share is under 1,400 comments.

New reports go up here as dockets close and a dataset seems worth a closer look.