Crypto Markets. Regulatory Clarity. No Noise.
On May 29, 2026, the CFTC approved the first Bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a US-registered exchange and granted Coinbase a no-action position to route domestic clients to offshore perps markets. The two actions...
Spain blocked Polymarket and Kalshi on May 26, ordering internet service providers to cut access while its gambling regulator investigates whether the platforms operated without a required license. The same day, U.S. President Donald...
Polymarket has partnered with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to deploy on-chain surveillance targeting insider trading, announcing the deal on April 30 as the US Senate simultaneously passed a resolution banning sitting senators from trading...
Prediction markets absorbed coordinated pressure from multiple jurisdictions on April 24 and 25, 2026, as a federal regulator sued New York, Brazil blocked 28 platforms, and a U.S. Army soldier became the subject of...
Kalshi has fined and banned three political candidates who placed wagers on the outcomes of their own election races, marking the prediction market platform’s most detailed public enforcement action yet against insider trading by...
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed lawsuits on April 21 against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, alleging both exchanges operated unlicensed prediction market platforms in violation of state gambling law. The complaints...
Kalshi now controls 89% of tracked U.S. prediction market trading volume, according to Bank of America data published this week, as a pair of federal lawsuits and a landmark appellate ruling reshape the regulatory...
Prediction markets absorbed two damaging blows on April 4, 2026: a Nevada judge extended a state ban on Kalshi’s event contracts, and Polymarket removed a market tied to a missing US service member after...
Federal regulators drew a hard line on April 2, 2026, with the CFTC and Department of Justice filing coordinated lawsuits against Illinois, Connecticut, and Arizona over their attempts to shut down prediction market platforms....
Prediction market transaction volumes reached record levels in March 2026, even as the sector’s leading regulated exchange confronts an accelerating wave of state-level litigation. According to data tracked by Dune Analytics, monthly transactions crossed...
