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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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Polymarket has launched 15-minute gold and silver prediction markets through an expanded Chainlink partnership, taking its short-duration price bets beyond cryptocurrencies. Chainlink announced the expansion in an Oct. 29 release, naming itself Polymarket’s official oracle for high-speed up/down markets. The…
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Polymarket’s October 29 breach reached traders through a compromised website supplier. Researchers found code that tried to use logged-in accounts to sell positions and move assets, exposing the trust traders place in the screen they use to manage their money.…
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Polymarket has said it has fixed an issue affecting its international platform after a third-party provider was compromised, while StarPlatinum has alleged that users lost $2.68 million. Polymarket’s incident notice records the disruption at 18:05 UTC and classifies it as…
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Polymarket has faced renewed CFTC scrutiny over whether it honored the U.S. access restrictions tied to its $1.4 million settlement in 2022, according to Reuters. Reuters reported on Oct. 27, citing two people familiar with the matter, that the review…
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The NBA has named Kalshi and Polymarket its two preferred prediction-market exchanges, giving both platforms access to official league data and U.S. marketing rights as Kalshi faces a Utah lawsuit seeking up to $61.2 million in allegedly unlawful fees. The…
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Polymarket has drawn criticism on X after a photo of its fortune-cookie advertisement attracted more than 500,000 views. Jared Holt shared the image in an Oct. 24 post, showing a purple promotional slip held beside an opened fortune cookie. “Yes,…
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Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan renews token speculation after discussing an onchain asset, but the company has not confirmed an airdrop or launch date.
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Polymarket plans to move new markets to Protocol V2 on Nov. 2 after canary tests, adding pUSD, modular oracles and a $5M bug bounty.
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Polymarket plans to challenge its Dutch ban in court, arguing its prediction contracts are financial products instead of gambling.
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Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson has signaled that officials may need more time before changing rates again, as Polymarket odds cited in the latest report have fallen to 23% for an October hike from about 70% last week. The…
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Polymarket has partnered with OpenWorlds to bring autonomous AI agents to prediction markets covering politics, sports, and thousands of other events. According to OpenWorlds’ announcement and information shared with crypto.news, the AI lab is working with Polymarket to let agents…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Polymarket, alleging that the prediction market operated without a state gambling license and allowed people under 21 to use its platform. According to a petition filed by New York Attorney General Letitia…
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Polymarket has stepped up talks with European and UK regulators as the prediction market platform seeks financial services oversight for its contracts instead of being regulated primarily under national gambling laws. According to the Financial Times, the New York based…
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Polymarket faces scrutiny after WSJ reported a $10 million stolen-card fraud attempt and unusually high rejected deposits on its U.S. platform.
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South Korean police booked 26 Polymarket users over 17.6 billion won in alleged illegal bets, with 18 cases now referred to prosecutors.
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Sports gaming firm Underdog has sued Connecticut officials in federal court to stop the state from treating its sports event contracts as illegal gambling, extending its legal fight against state regulators to a sixth jurisdiction. According to Underdog’s lawsuit filed…