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Polymarket is redefining betting with blockchain-based prediction markets, allowing users to wager on real-world events. Polymarket news tracks major betting trends, regulatory challenges, and market liquidity shifts. As decentralized prediction markets gain traction, their impact on finance and information markets continues to grow.
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Baltimore has sued Kalshi and Polymarket over alleged unlicensed sports betting, with its case against Kalshi also naming Coinbase, Robinhood and Webull over their role in distributing sports event contracts. According to complaints filed Thursday by Mayor Brandon Scott and…
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JPMorgan ended Polymarket’s banking relationship in October 2025 over regulatory concerns, while other ties between the firms continued.
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The New York City Council has opened an investigation into the marketing practices of four prediction market platforms, including Polymarket, Kalshi, Coinbase and Gemini Titan, over allegations that event-contract firms may use deceptive advertising to attract consumers. The office of…
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The CFTC used emergency authority to override New York. Nine states have been sued. FlightAware added a data rights claim. The legal architecture of prediction markets is being built in courtrooms, not in Congress. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission does…
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Polymarket odds have collapsed from 82% to 16%. The Senate returns on September 14 with 14 working days, eight missing Democratic votes, and an ethics fight over a president who made $1.4 billion from crypto. If the bill dies, markets…
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A federal judge has paused the CFTC’s civil case against a US Army soldier accused of using classified information to earn more than $400,000 from Polymarket contracts tied to Nicolás Maduro’s removal. CFTC case paused until criminal proceedings conclude US…
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The Senate will not vote on crypto market structure before August 7. Prediction markets price passage at 16 percent. The math for September is worse than it looks. The most bipartisan digital asset bill ever to clear a chamber of…
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Polymarket is reportedly discussing a $1 billion raise above a $20 billion valuation as its U.S. platform and trading activity expand.
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Prediction markets Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US reached $50.6 billion in July volume as World Cup trading drove a monthly record.
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Minnesota’s prediction market ban remains blocked as the CFTC, state regulators and political groups fight over control of event contracts.
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Polymarket traders cut the CLARITY Act’s chances of becoming law in 2026 to a record-low 27% after the Senate postponed action on the crypto market structure bill. CLARITY Act odds fall as Senate changes priorities The Polymarket contract asking whether…
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Everyone covering the prediction market legal war has been watching states. The more dangerous case is being argued in the Ninth Circuit by three California tribes under a different statute entirely, and at oral argument this month a judge told…
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In eighteen months, the prediction market industry has assembled the surveillance apparatus that took stock exchanges decades: named detection engines, encrypted prohibited-person lists, league partnerships, forensic academics, and employment disclosure for high-risk traders. Here is the architecture, who is building…
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A wallet-based DeFi book and a CFTC-regulated exchange share one brand. Custody, collateral, KYC, product scope and resolution all differ.
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Kalshi and Polymarket US won an injunction blocking Minnesota’s prediction market ban while three federal cases move toward final rulings.
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A binary derivative paying $1 if an outcome happens. How pricing works, where they trade legally, and why regulators still cannot categorize them.