coindesk 4 days ago

Polymarket brings ultra-short crypto prediction markets to U.S. platform

Polymarket’s new Up/Down crypto contracts come as the CFTC renews scrutiny of the prediction market’s compliance with its 2022 U.S...

coindesk 6 days ago

U.S. agency hits Utah with lawsuit to shield Kalshi's ability to offer betting t...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has pursued more than a dozen legal actions to protect what its chief sees as its so...

coindesk 1 week ago

NBA joins pro sports leagues on CFTC prediction markets bandwagon while NFL balk...

The U.S. derivatives regulator, which has championed the arrival of prediction market firms such as Kalshi, has been gathering all...

blockonomi 1 week ago

Pentagon Bans Military Personnel From Insider Trading on Polymarket and Kalshi

TLDR: Pentagon bans military and civilian personnel from using nonpublic information to trade on Polymarket and Kalshi. The direct...

coindesk 1 week ago

Robinhood sees surge in bitcoin, gold prediction markets as traders move beyond...

The company's head of futures and prediction markets said bitcoin, gold and oil contracts are among its fastest-growing prediction...

blockonomi 2 weeks ago

DeFi Is Evolving: What Comes After Betting and Prediction Markets?

TLDR: Prediction markets traded $102.4 billion in contracts over 30 days, with about $25.7 billion paid.  Stablecoins hold a $302....

coindesk Oct 14, 2026

Kalshi CEO says state-led oversight of U.S. prediction markets would push them o...

CEO Tarek Mansour said he feels "pretty good" about the pending outcome of the current legal fight over who has the right to regul...

coindesk Oct 11, 2026

Everyone wants SCOTUS to take up prediction markets: State of Crypto

The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't yet indicated whether it will take up cases surrounding prediction markets, but there are now severa...

blockonomi Oct 11, 2026

Kalshi Investigation Examines Bets on Katie Zacharia Selection

TLDR: The Kalshi investigation examines three bets placed before Katie Zacharia was publicly identified as the next White House pr...

coindesk Oct 09, 2026

U.S. CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulations as legal fight ra...

The derivatives regulator is proposing a formal rule to include certain contracts traded on platforms like Kalshi's as swaps that...