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Prediction markets hit a structural inflection point on July 27 as the CFTC’s comment deadline for proposed event-contract rules arrived alongside a wave of industry moves. Fanatics acquired a regulated exchange to control its...
Hyperliquid announced on July 20 that its HIP-4 outcome markets framework will support permissionless deployment in a future network upgrade, requiring developers to stake 500,000 HYPE tokens — worth roughly $30.4 million at current...
Meta Platforms is developing a standalone prediction markets app called Arena, directed personally by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a New York Times report citing two employees with knowledge of the plans. The app...
Prediction markets posted a weekly trading volume record of $10.8 billion in the week ended June 20, 2026, according to data from Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto research division, surpassing the $10 billion threshold for the...
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...
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...
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....
