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Meta pushes Arena as prediction-market app
The project would start with points-based play, but the company has not ruled out real-money betting later.
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Kalshi seeks to pause Washington injunction after rival OG deal
The company says a state non-enforcement pact for a competitor undercuts the case for forcing it to shut off most Washington markets now.
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Novig asks federal court to block Wisconsin gambling case
The prediction-market firm says state gambling law is pre-empted by federal regulation, while the attorney general says the platforms are disguising sports betting as event contracts.
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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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Cantor Fitzgerald opens institutional Kalshi block trading
The bank is acting as introducing broker for large event-contract trades, as prediction markets draw more Wall Street attention.
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White House leaves prediction-market firms out of crypto meeting
The gathering has been narrowed to crypto and linked to the CFTC’s new advisory committee, despite earlier reports that prediction-market executives would be invited.
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Kalshi files perps on US stocks and copper
The CFTC submissions broaden its push beyond prediction markets, against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty, market growth and pushback from rivals.
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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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Nevada seeks $120,000-a-day penalties from Kalshi over geofencing dispute
The state says the prediction-market operator missed a court deadline to block banned contracts, while Kalshi says it had already hired a Nevada-approved geofencing vendor and kept regulators informed.
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CFTC review of mention markets deepens pressure on Kalshi
Reports say the platform pulled some spoken-word contracts as regulators examine whether wagers on individual words are too easy to manipulate.