Polymarket News
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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The top enforcement official at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a direct warning to traders operating in prediction markets, making it clear that insider trading rules will be enforced as scrutiny around the sector intensifies. Speaking at New…
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More than 40 Democratic lawmakers have pressed U.S. regulators to step in as concerns mount over potential misuse of sensitive government information in prediction markets. In a letter sent to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Office of Government…
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Prediction market usage hit record levels in March, supported by improved accessibility and favourable regulatory developments amid rising interest in political and geopolitical event contracts. According to a report published by TRM Labs, the prediction market sector has expanded rapidly…
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P2P.me disclosed Polymarket bets tied to its own raise as lawmakers and platforms tighten insider trading rules.
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ICE invested another $600 million in Polymarket, bringing its total commitment to $2 billion as prediction markets grow.
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Two early Kalshi alumni are raising up to $35M for 5c(c) Capital, a fund backed by Kalshi and Polymarket CEOs to invest in market makers, indices and tooling for prediction markets. Former employees of regulated prediction market venue Kalshi are raising up…
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Polymarket is tightening insider‑trading and manipulation bans across its DeFi app and CFTC‑regulated U.S. exchange, adding surveillance, NFA oversight and formal whistleblower channels. Polymarket has published upgraded market integrity rules spanning its DeFi platform and its CFTC‑regulated U.S. exchange, tightening…
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Argentina has ordered a nationwide block of prediction market platform Polymarket, tightening its stance on what authorities describe as unlicensed online betting activity. According to local media, a Buenos Aires court has directed regulators to move forward with enforcement after…
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A new U.S. Senate bill aims to prohibit betting markets tied to war, assassination, and an individual’s death, a move that could have implications for prediction-market platforms such as Polymarket. The legislation, introduced by Adam Schiff, is titled the Discouraging…
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Offshore prediction market Polymarket has quietly archived a longstanding contract that allowed users to wager on the likelihood of a nuclear weapon detonation within specific timeframes, removing the market from its platform amid mounting public and political scrutiny. Polymarket’s nuclear…
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Kalshi’s CEO has defended the company’s handling of its market on whether Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would be “out” of power, after backlash from users who accused the platform of unfair settlement practices. In a detailed post on X,…
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Polymarket recorded historic trading activity on the day of the joint U.S.–Israel strike on Iran, with single-day nominal trading volume reaching $478 million, according to an analyst tracking platform data. War bets surge: Polymarket hits $478M daily volume The surge…
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Crypto markets are abuzz after prominent on-chain investigator ZachXBT teased a major exposé targeting what he described as “one of crypto’s most profitable businesses” over alleged insider trading. Polymarket lights up following ZachXBT’s insider trading claim In a post on…
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A federal judge in Tennessee has granted a preliminary injunction preventing state officials from enforcing gambling laws against prediction market platform Kalshi, marking a significant win for the federally regulated exchange in its escalating legal battles with state regulators. Tennessee…
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Polymarket has acquired Dome, a Y Combinator-backed startup that is building a unified API solution for developers to access and build across multiple prediction market platforms. The acquisition was confirmed by both companies in a Feb. 19 post on X,…
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The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says prediction markets are drawing serious legal and regulatory attention. At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on February 12, SEC Chair Paul Atkins described rapidly-growing prediction markets as “a huge issue”…

