Polymarket is drawing WSJ scrutiny just as prediction markets hit $1.48B in open interest, signaling real growth and real regulatory heat. Useful forecasting tool or fancy gambling? In crypto, it’s often both—and that’s exactly why people are watching.
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Polymarket’s geopolitics market has topped $5 billion in volume, showing real demand for crypto prediction markets — but also raising fresh insider trading and manipulation fears. Big money, real signal, and the same old human greed.
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Kentucky is suing Kalshi and Polymarket, calling their sports-linked prediction markets illegal sportsbooks, not financial products. The case spotlights a growing state-vs-federal battle over who regulates event contracts and whether “innovation” is just betting in a nicer suit.
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CFTC Chairman Selig taps two new senior officials as agency expands amid prediction market fights The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is adding senior firepower just as prediction markets become one of the nastier regulatory battlegrounds in U.S. finance. Two new senior officials added at the CFTC Prediction markets face growing regulatory scrutiny Crypto and DeFi […]
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Donald Trump’s push for a major crypto market bill is colliding with ethics concerns, regulatory capture fears, and a pile of family-linked crypto ventures that keep making the whole thing smell like a payday for insiders. CLARITY Act is stalled by ethics, DeFi, and stablecoin fights Trump-linked crypto ventures are reportedly generating billions CFTC oversight […]
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U.S. crypto regulation is picking up speed as Congress and federal agencies move on tax rules, prediction markets, and digital asset policy, as covered in Crypto Regulation Heats Up as Congress and Agencies Advance Key Policies. The upside is that Washington is finally paying attention. The downside is that it’s still Washington, so clarity and […]
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The CFTC is moving to put clearer rules around prediction markets, especially the kind tied to sports, gaming, and other politically sensitive event contracts. That could give crypto prediction markets a sturdier legal footing — or put a heavier boot on their neck, depending on how the final rules land. CFTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking […]
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TurboFlow has integrated Chainlink to power continuous prediction markets for gold, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, pushing more real-time data and automated settlement into onchain trading without a centralized babysitter pulling the strings. TurboFlow adopts Chainlink for oracle-backed market data. Continuous prediction markets update live instead of settling only at a fixed end point. Gold, Bitcoin, and […]
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The European Union is weighing whether DeFi, prediction markets, and crypto perpetual futures should fall under MiCA, its main crypto rulebook. Translation: Brussels is trying to decide how far its grip on onchain markets should reach before the lawyers, traders, and protocol builders all start yelling at once. EU crypto regulation: MiCA may expand into […]
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A Manhattan federal court has set a Dec. 7 trial for Gannon Van Dyke, the active-duty U.S. Army soldier accused of using classified intelligence to profit from Polymarket bets tied to Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro. Trial date: Dec. 7 in Manhattan federal court Defendant: Gannon Van Dyke, 38, active-duty U.S. Army soldier Allegation: Used classified […]
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