Spain’s second World Cup title settled the largest sports-related winner markets yet on Polymarket and Kalshi, closing a tournament that brought prediction trading closer to the center of the global sports-betting business. Available data from the two leading platforms show that they recorded about $5.57 billion in cumulative volume on contracts tied to the tournament […]
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Bettors moved the crypto market structure bill to a 43% chance of passing this year, up from a record low last week, though the reports remain unconfirmed and no bill text has appeared.
ANJ cited Similarweb estimates after operator-level controls were circumvented in practice while the platform's live odds remained visible.
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Hyperliquid plans to allow external operators to create prediction markets on its blockchain, widening its challenge to Polymarket while requiring prospective deployers to put nearly $32 million of its native token at risk. The proposed HIP-4 upgrade would require each deployer to stake 500,000 HYPE, worth about $31.7 million at Monday’s token price. Hyperliquid would […]
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The regulator cited concerns over addictive mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and a high volume of French users bypassing previous financial restrictions.
Polymarket traders are pricing in a high probability that the Federal Reserve holds rates steady at its July meeting, with odds rising to 94% after so
Blockchain.com Partners With Polymarket To Integrate On-Chain Prediction Markets is the kind of story that can look simple at first glance, but it carries more weight once you place it inside the week’s broader crypto ba
Polymarket's application to allow users to take positions that are not fully collateralized follows authorization granted to rival Kalshi in March.
The prediction market's head of U.S. operations says the business is taking steps to legitimize itself after years of legal scrutiny.
A disputed Coinbase sports alert shows why exchange-run prediction markets need visible provenance, verified event data, and clear accountability before automated content scales inside trading apps.
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Prediction-market traders are giving the United States a narrow edge over Belgium after FIFA cleared striker Folarin Balogun to play in Monday’s World Cup round-of-16 match, a decision that followed direct lobbying from US President Donald Trump and triggered criticism from European soccer officials. Prices on Polymarket showed the US with about a 39% chance […]
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U.S.-linked wallets traded $571 million in political contracts over the past year, more than any other country, even though the platform legally cannot serve them. The money leans toward the foreign-conflict markets U.S. venues do not list.
The broker said operational consolidation is blurring the lines between exchanges, brokerages and sportsbooks, creating conditions for acquisitions across the prediction market ecosystem.
Prediction markets are drawing one of their largest sports audiences yet from the World Cup, but the surge is creating an unusual picture beneath the headline numbers. World Cup-linked contracts on Polymarket have generated more than $3.3 billion in trading volume, a level that puts the tournament well ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, which […]
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The prediction markets giant is under investigation in connection with false or deceptive marketing practices, according to news reports.
Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious script into its frontend.
The CFTC has sued Kentucky regulators in federal court as the battle over prediction markets and state gambling laws intensifies.
Polymarket emerged as an onboarding layer for about 60% of World Cup bettors, who interacted with the blockchain for the first time during their prediction market entry.
Meta Prediction Market App Push Puts Polymarket Model In Big Tech Spotlight
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Meta is reportedly building a standalone prediction market app inte
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Kentucky, now the ninth state the regulator is battling in its fight over prediction markets.
The Meta CEO reportedly plans for the company to launch a prediction market independent of its other apps allowing users to place wagers using a points system rather than money.
Polymarket has become the official prediction market partner of the Bundesliga in the United States, marking another step in the platform’s push from crypt
Kalshi has added India to its list of 55 restricted jurisdictions, months after Indian authorities warned VPN providers to stop facilitating access to these platforms.
WSJ says Schwab is working with Cboe on S&P 500 prediction-style products, while Cboe's Mini-SPX materials show how Wall Street can package yes-or-no trades inside listed options.
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The Journal reviewed more than 1,100 videos and found none of the roughly $1.9 million in bets shown in influencer-produced hype videos were real.
Three cryptocurrency wallets collectively generated $24.25 million in profit from World Cup prediction markets before routing their proceeds to the same Binance deposit address, raising questions about whether a single trader controlled the accounts. On June 21, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain identified the wallets as mintblade, GRIMDRIP, and EndlessFate. The accounts recorded 13 winning positions from 16 settled […]
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A new US House bill seeks to ban members of Congress and their families from wagering on political and policy outcomes.
The prediction market platform is reportedly exploring a public listing after surpassing $2 billion in annualized revenue as sports contracts face mounting legal scrutiny.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed lawsuits against Polymarket, Kalshi, and Coinbase-linked prediction market activity, alleging unlicensed sports betting.
The offering follows regulatory approval earlier this year and comes as prediction markets face legal challenges from regulators, exchanges and policymakers around the world.