MarketsAdoptionWintermute Begins Quoting Prediction Markets as Volume Tops $60B AnnuallyCrypto market maker Wintermute said it is now streaming two-sided quotes across event-contract venues including Polymark...May 31, 2026, 03:02 PMWintermutePolymarket
RegulationAdoptionKalshi Hires Former FBI Analyst Tyler Neff to Lead SurveillancePrediction market platform Kalshi appointed Tyler Neff, a former FBI analyst, to lead its surveillance operations. The h...May 30, 2026, 06:02 AMKalshiTyler Neff
RegulationExchangesKalshi Wins CFTC Approval for First U.S. Bitcoin Perpetual FuturesThe CFTC approved Kalshi to launch federally regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contracts, the first such product autho...May 29, 2026, 09:03 PMKalshiCFTC
RegulationKalshi Sues Minnesota to Block Prediction Market BanKalshi filed a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota's prediction market ban, scheduled to take effect August 1. The leg...May 29, 2026, 02:01 AMKalshiMinnesota
RegulationKalshi Sues Minnesota Over Prediction Market RestrictionsKalshi filed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota's new law restricting prediction market activity and imposing criminal pena...May 29, 2026, 12:01 AMKalshiMinnesota
RegulationSpain Blocks Polymarket and Kalshi Over Missing Gambling LicensesSpain's gambling regulator ordered internet service providers to block access to prediction markets Polymarket and Kalsh...May 26, 2026, 09:04 PMPolymarketKalshi
RegulationKalshi and Polymarket Lose Gambling Appeals in Nevada and WashingtonA Ninth Circuit panel rejected emergency motions from Kalshi and Polymarket to block state-level gambling enforcement ca...May 23, 2026, 07:10 AMKalshiPolymarket
RegulationKalshi Launches Advocacy Group to Counter Gaming Lobby on Prediction MarketsKalshi backed the formation of Americans for Fair Markets on May 22, a new advocacy group focused on shaping federal pol...May 22, 2026, 08:01 PMKalshiAmericans for Fair Markets
RegulationHouse Oversight Committee Launches Probe Into Polymarket Over Classified-Info BettingThe U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into Polymarket and Kalshi over conc...May 22, 2026, 04:03 PMPolymarketKalshi
RegulationHouse Oversight Chair Requests Data on Suspicious Bets from Kalshi, PolymarketThe chair of the House Oversight Committee has requested data from the CEOs of prediction market platforms Kalshi and Po...May 22, 2026, 03:17 PMKalshiPolymarket
RegulationAdoptionCFTC Backs Kalshi in Ohio Sports Market AppealThe CFTC filed support for Kalshi's legal challenge to Ohio's sports betting restrictions, arguing that prediction marke...May 13, 2026, 06:06 AMKalshiCFTC
RegulationMarketsKalshi Defends Prediction Markets as Financial Derivatives, Not GamblingKalshi argued at Consensus Miami 2026 that prediction markets are regulated financial derivatives, not gambling products...May 7, 2026, 11:01 PMKalshiCFTC
