Washington State Court Orders Kalshi To Halt Most Event Contracts, Install Geofencing
A Washington State court granted a preliminary injunction requiring Kalshi to cease offering sports and political event contracts in the state by Sept. 2, rulin
Traders Union · +15 outlets
Baltimore Sues Kalshi and Polymarket Alleging Unlicensed Sports Betting, Consumer Fraud
The City of Baltimore filed lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket, claiming their event contracts constitute illegal, unregulated sports betting and that the p
NBC Sports · +15 outlets
JPMorgan Terminated Banking Relationship With Polymarket Over Regulatory Concerns
JPMorgan Chase dropped Polymarket as a banking client last year due to concerns about the legal and regulatory risks posed by the prediction market's operations
TradingView · +14 outlets
White House Plans Aug. 19 Meeting With Crypto and Prediction Market Executives
The White House has scheduled a summit with executives from crypto and prediction market firms for Aug. 19, coming days after Baltimore's lawsuit and Washington
Bitbo · +14 outlets
CFTC Scrutinizes 'Mention Markets' as Kalshi Pulls Sports Word Bets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating so-called 'mention markets' - contracts whose names allude to sports teams without explicitly naming t
Bitcoin Foundation · +4 outlets
CFTC Tells Prediction Markets To Avoid 'Risk-Free' Promises in Marketing
The CFTC warned event contract platforms that promotional language suggesting trades are 'risk-free' could violate self-certification requirements and accurate-
Yahoo Finance · +5 outlets
Kalshi in Talks To Raise $750 Million at $40 Billion Valuation
Kalshi is reportedly in discussions with Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management for a $750 million funding round that would value the prediction market compa
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
New York City Probes Prediction Market Ads as Potentially Deceptive
New York City officials gave four prediction market companies 14 days to respond to allegations that their advertising misleads consumers about the nature and r
Yogonet · +14 outlets
Apex Fintech Solutions Launches Prediction Markets Platform Powered by Kalshi API
Apex Fintech Solutions integrated Kalshi's event contracts into its brokerage infrastructure, allowing financial advisors and retail investors to trade predicti
Yahoo Finance · +6 outlets
79% of Prediction Market Users Lose Money as Half Take on Debt, Survey Finds
A US survey found that a large majority of prediction market participants lose money and many turn to debt, raising consumer protection concerns as the industry
Yahoo Finance · +2 outlets
Farage Aide Cottrell Had Secret Polymarket Account Betting on Trump Victory
A senior aide to UK politician Nigel Farage maintained a hidden Polymarket account that placed wagers on Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election, th
Financial Times · +4 outlets
Connecticut Can Enforce Sports Betting Rules on Kalshi, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled that Connecticut may impose its sports betting regulations on Kalshi, allowing the state to treat prediction market contracts as gambling
NBC Connecticut · +14 outlets
Wisconsin and Michigan Primary Results Expose Prediction Market Failures
A surprise primary result in Wisconsin led to inaccurate political prediction market odds, with forecasters significantly overpricing one candidate and drawing
CNBC · +2 outlets
Bernstein: Prediction Markets Face Likely Supreme Court Fight
Bernstein analysts predicted that the legal status of prediction markets will eventually reach the Supreme Court, as state and federal regulators clash over cla
CoinMarketCap · +13 outlets
CFTC Must Rein In Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets, Senators Warn
US senators warned that prediction markets offering wagers on wildfire outcomes could incentivize arson and called on the CFTC to ban such event contracts.
Curry Pilot · +9 outlets
DraftKings Expands DKeX With Nine Football Event Contracts
DraftKings filed CFTC self-certifications for nine football-related event contracts on its DKeX prediction exchange, expanding its sports prediction product lin
SCCG Management · +5 outlets
Bank of Japan Rate Hike Odds Triple on Polymarket as Yen Intervention Fades
Polymarket traders sharply increased the implied probability of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike as Japanese authorities stepped back from direct yen interven
Yahoo Finance · +2 outlets
Prediction Markets Could Reach $1 Trillion by 2030, Bernstein Says
Bernstein Research projected that the global prediction market industry could grow to $1 trillion in notional volume by 2030, citing increasing adoption by both
Yellow.com · +14 outlets