According to CoinMeta, nine U.S. senators are requesting the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to ban contracts related to the duration, growth, and destruction of wildfires, warning that state and local firefighters face the risk of arson. In response, CFTC officials stated that removing these contracts would only make it more difficult to obtain timely information. Democratic senators hope to ban contracts related to wildfire forecasting in order to address the risk of arson.