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Polymarket has paid at least $350,000 to social media influencers over a 14-month period, with many of those creators later promoting the prediction market platform on X without clearly disclosing a paid relationship, according to a POLITICO investigation based on…
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South Korean police have launched the country’s first known investigation into domestic Polymarket users, with authorities examining whether participation in the prediction market platform violated local gambling laws. According to a Chosun Biz report, the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency is…
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House Republicans have moved to expand a congressional trading ban proposal after Rep. Bryan Steil said prediction market contracts should be included alongside restrictions on stock trading by lawmakers. According to Bloomberg Government, Steil, who chairs the House Administration Committee,…
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Polymarket has finalized a disputed prediction market with a “No” outcome after 98.6% of voting power backed the decision in a final UMA review, despite Strategy disclosing that it sold 32 Bitcoin before the market’s May 31 deadline. According to…
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Federal investigators have opened a probe into former U.S. Representative George Santos after suspicious prediction market trades allegedly generated tens of thousands of dollars around President Donald Trump’s February State of the Union address. NPR reported that the Department of…
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Polymarket faces dispute after Strategy sold 32 BTC by May 31 but disclosed it June 1, dividing traders over when sales count in rules.
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More than $80 million has been wagered on a Polymarket market tied to Strategy’s Bitcoin sales, with the outcome now heading to a final dispute process after the company disclosed that it sold 32 BTC before the market’s May 31…
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Wintermute has entered prediction markets as a liquidity provider, bringing professional market-making capacity to a sector that has grown into a major venue for trading real-world event risk. Wintermute said the firm will quote both buy and sell prices across…
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Polymarket has clarified that it is not introducing mandatory Know Your Customer checks across its main prediction market platform despite renewed scrutiny over compliance and restricted-jurisdiction access. In a post on X, Polymarket vice president of engineering Josh Stevens said…
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U.S. authorities have charged a Google software engineer with insider trading tied to prediction markets, as federal regulators continue tightening scrutiny around Polymarket and other event-based trading platforms. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Google employee Michele Spagnuolo allegedly…
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The CFTC has moved a proposed rule on prediction-markets event contracts into White House review as federal and state officials fight over who should police the fast-growing sector. Bloomberg first reported that the proposal is now before the White House…
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Polymarket is pushing more traders toward identity checks as regulatory pressure grows over sanctions exposure, geoblocking failures and jurisdictional misuse. Polymarket is moving closer to requiring more traders to verify their identities as the prediction market faces mounting pressure over…
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Kalshi and Polymarket lost bids to block gambling cases in Nevada and Washington. A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel denied emergency motions from both Kalshi and Polymarket to block lower court rulings, sending gambling enforcement cases in Nevada and Washington back…
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The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has opened an investigation into Polymarket and Kalshi over concerns tied to insider trading and wagers allegedly linked to classified information. According to a statement released by the committee, Chair James…
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Polymarket has reportedly appointed a Japanese representative as the prediction market platform moves toward securing approval to operate legally in the country by 2030. According to a Friday Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter, Polymarket sees Japan as…
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Hyperliquid highlights shift in crypto design as user experience overtakes token-first product narratives. For most of the last decade, a useful generalization about crypto products was that the token mattered more than the product. The user experience could be inelegant,…
