The volume figure underscores how quickly election contracts have become a major venue for political wagering ahead of the midterms.

The directive reflects growing official concern that service members with access to sensitive information could trade on it in prediction markets tied to milita

The shift shows traders moving beyond sports into macro and commodity event contracts on brokerage prediction market offerings.

The push would extend prediction market style contracts into macroeconomic data trading, competing with established futures venues.

The filing escalates the jurisdictional fight between state gaming regulators and federally regulated event contract exchanges.

The crypto wallet's rollout brings embedded prediction market trading to US users while state lawsuits over such contracts continue.

Hegseth's directive follows a case in which a service member allegedly profited roughly $400,000 from bets tied to a military operation, and threatens criminal

The dismissal of the marketing chief, a longtime friend of CEO Shayne Coplan, comes amid a reported CFTC investigation into promotional practices and reported t

Bitcoin-linked contracts helped push the two prediction market venues to an all-time weekly volume high.

The account restriction comes about five months after Indian authorities blocked the Polymarket website.

The figure signals how much of the sector's fee revenue is concentrated on the largest prediction market venue.

The product roadmap points to Polymarket building out its own trading infrastructure and settlement asset.

Kalshi is pitching exchange-traded futures on CPI and core inflation as it positions itself against CME and ICE for macro hedging business.

The Pentagon directive follows a $400K-plus insider betting scandal and threatens criminal action, though the rule restates existing restrictions.

The crypto wallet is distributing Kalshi contracts to roughly 20 million users with stablecoin funding, though some states face temporary market limits.

Bitcoin-linked contracts drove the combined weekly record as analysts debate whether the volume reflects durable demand or speculation.

The Commodity Markets Council argues the WTI perpetual contract poses market risks as Kalshi expands from event contracts into commodities.

The enforcement action highlights the platform's self-policing of insider trading on political markets ahead of the midterms.

The volume figure underscores how quickly regulated event contracts have become a mainstream venue for election speculation.

Several outlets examine the shift of election forecasting attention from traditional poll aggregation toward live trading venues.

Market-implied odds diverge from some polling, reflecting how traders weigh national sentiment against district-level races.

State-by-state prohibitions vary widely even as prediction market volumes grow, leaving legality unclear in several jurisdictions.

The Senate market implies a narrow Democratic majority, a key data point for control-of-Congress watchers.

The arrangement drew criticism over the blurring of newsgathering and gambling advertising.

Robinhood is reporting that non-sports contracts on crypto and commodities are driving growth, signaling prediction markets are broadening beyond sports betting

Kalshi is pitching inflation-linked contracts to institutional investors, an attempt to extend prediction markets from sports and elections into macroeconomic h

DraftKings is claiming a top-three position for its prediction market exchange, underscoring how sportsbooks are moving into event contracts.

Canada's investment regulator has prohibited sports and entertainment event contracts, tightening the regulatory map for prediction platforms outside the US.

Webull is pulling its sports prediction market services from Connecticut, following state pressure on event contracts.

The CFTC has contacted two smaller sports prediction platforms, signaling widening federal scrutiny of event contract venues.

The New York State Gaming Commission is pressing its jurisdictional fight with Kalshi, seeking judicial enforcement of subpoenas as the prediction market operat

The federal commodities regulator told the two sports prediction platforms to pause new micro and scorigami style contracts, signaling tighter scrutiny of novel

The crypto wallet expanded Kalshi's prediction markets to U.S. users with stablecoin funding, even as state lawsuits over event contracts continue.

Industry attorneys point to conflicting appeals court rulings and federal preemption arguments that could determine whether states can regulate prediction marke

The exchange industry group backed by CME Group is challenging Kalshi's proposed perpetual oil futures, part of a widening dispute over which contracts the pred

A new Senate bill from Ted Cruz would curtail federal sports prediction markets, adding a congressional front to the regulatory battle.