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Coinsilium lifts Predictive Labs stake to 14.9% after Nijinn reaches integrated Alpha
The venture’s analytics platform completed Milestone 4 and Stage 2, clearing the way for more funding and a planned public rollout later this year.
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CFTC moves to codify prediction-market rules as debate over manipulation intensifies
At its first innovation meeting, the agency sketched a three-part rulemaking agenda while industry figures argued over self-certification, consumer safeguards and whether some contracts are too easy to game.
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San Diego County bars officials from prediction-market insider trading
Supervisors also moved to lengthen the county’s lobbying ban and update disclosure rules for Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Delaware County adds prediction-market conflict oath for election workers
After a poll worker asked about making a small turnout bet, officials rewrote the oath to bar any direct or indirect interest in wagers or prediction markets.
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Brazil orders blocks on Polymarket, Kalshi and 25 prediction platforms
The finance ministry said only contracts tied to economic benchmarks such as inflation and exchange rates may remain under financial-market rules, while sports and politics are out.
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White House plans Aug. 19 crypto and prediction-market meeting
The tentative session comes a day before the CFTC opens its new advisory panel, as states widen their legal fight over event contracts and Congress keeps debating digital-asset rules.
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Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket over sports bets
The city says the prediction markets disguised wagering on games, spreads and player stats as lawful event contracts.
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NYC Council zeroes in on prediction market ads aimed at young users
Letters to Polymarket, Kalshi, Coinbase and Gemini Titan ask how the platforms market event contracts, how much they pay influencers and whether their promotions mislead New Yorkers.
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Polymarket hires growth chief and reshapes marketing before fall trading surge
The prediction-market company is rebuilding its growth, compliance and risk teams after scrutiny of its promotional tactics, while betting on NFL and election-season traffic this autumn.
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Nine senators press the CFTC to rein in wildfire bets
The lawmakers warned that prediction markets on fires could encourage arson, profit from disaster and raise public-safety risks, and they asked for answers by 14 August.
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Polymarket seeks more than $20 billion valuation as revenue surges
The prediction-market platform has seen trading volumes and annualised revenue climb after opening its U.S. exchange.
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Judge blocks Minnesota’s prediction market ban
Katherine Menendez said the challengers were likely to succeed on pre-emption claims, keeping Kalshi and Polymarket US live in the state for now.