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CFTC Sues Kentucky to Defend Its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets

The CFTC sued Kentucky on Tuesday to stop the state from using its own laws and a new transaction fee to push federally registered...

Meta is developing a prediction market app called ‘Arena’ as sector booms: NYT

Meta (META), the parent company of Facebook, is developing a new app called “Arena” that mirrors a prediction market platform, according to people familiar...

CFTC Chair Reiterates Origins in Regulating Agricultural Markets, Despite Crypto and Prediction Markets Push

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig on Tuesday acknowledged fundamental differences in the traditional commodity markets it has long regulated and its...

Prediction Market Kalshi Eyes IPO As Revenue Hits $2 Billion

Kalshi, the prediction markets platform that has become the dominant force in U.S. event contracts, is in informal talks with investment banks...

Republican Lawmaker Proposes Prediction Markets Insider Trading Ban, Not Including White House Officials

Wisconsin Representative Bryan Steil, who chairs the House subcommittee on digital assets, introduced a law to prevent certain public officials from “wagering on public...

Schwab to join prediction markets race with S&P 500 event-based options: WSJ

Charles Schwab is working with Cboe Global Markets to launch a new type of options contract that would allow customers to make yes-or-no wagers...

Kentucky Sues Prediction Markets Over Sports Event Contracts

Kentucky has sued five prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, adding to a wave of US states launching legal fights with prediction markets...

Gaming Industry, Tribes and Unions Press Senate to Ban Sports Prediction Markets in Crypto Bill

The American Gaming Association, the Indian Gaming Association, and two hospitality unions are pressing senators to insert sports-betting carve-out language into the CLARITY Act,...

Organizations Urge Congress to Ban Sports Betting on Prediction Markets in CLARITY Act

Several national gaming and tribal organizations and labor groups have reportedly called on the US Senate to add language “that explicitly prohibits event contracts...

Kentucky targets prediction markets, puts red state in potential clash with Trump team

“This action runs counter to the CFTC's established framework for regulating prediction markets,” the spokesperson said in a statement emailed to CoinDesk.So far, the...

Tribal Coalition Files Amicus Briefs to Keep Prediction Markets Off Native Land

A coalition of federally recognized tribes and Indian regulatory bodies filed amicus briefs in two federal cases, arguing CFTC preemption would nullify tribal-state gaming...

Prediction Markets Are Becoming Crypto’s Fastest Growing Information Network

Most people believe that crypto’s most important innovation is creating new ways to trade assets, but today, one of the industry’s fastest-growing sectors is...