CFTC Chairman Selig taps two new senior officials as agency expands amid prediction market fights The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is adding senior firepower just as prediction markets become one of the nastier regulatory battlegrounds in U.S. finance. Two new senior officials added at the CFTC Prediction markets face growing regulatory scrutiny Crypto and DeFi […]
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Donald Trump’s push for a major crypto market bill is colliding with ethics concerns, regulatory capture fears, and a pile of family-linked crypto ventures that keep making the whole thing smell like a payday for insiders. CLARITY Act is stalled by ethics, DeFi, and stablecoin fights Trump-linked crypto ventures are reportedly generating billions CFTC oversight […]
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U.S. crypto regulation is picking up speed as Congress and federal agencies move on tax rules, prediction markets, and digital asset policy, as covered in Crypto Regulation Heats Up as Congress and Agencies Advance Key Policies. The upside is that Washington is finally paying attention. The downside is that it’s still Washington, so clarity and […]
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The CFTC is moving to put clearer rules around prediction markets, especially the kind tied to sports, gaming, and other politically sensitive event contracts. That could give crypto prediction markets a sturdier legal footing — or put a heavier boot on their neck, depending on how the final rules land. CFTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking […]
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TurboFlow has integrated Chainlink to power continuous prediction markets for gold, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, pushing more real-time data and automated settlement into onchain trading without a centralized babysitter pulling the strings. TurboFlow adopts Chainlink for oracle-backed market data. Continuous prediction markets update live instead of settling only at a fixed end point. Gold, Bitcoin, and […]
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The European Union is weighing whether DeFi, prediction markets, and crypto perpetual futures should fall under MiCA, its main crypto rulebook. Translation: Brussels is trying to decide how far its grip on onchain markets should reach before the lawyers, traders, and protocol builders all start yelling at once. EU crypto regulation: MiCA may expand into […]
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A Manhattan federal court has set a Dec. 7 trial for Gannon Van Dyke, the active-duty U.S. Army soldier accused of using classified intelligence to profit from Polymarket bets tied to Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro. Trial date: Dec. 7 in Manhattan federal court Defendant: Gannon Van Dyke, 38, active-duty U.S. Army soldier Allegation: Used classified […]
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Kalshi is getting a reminder that fast growth in finance comes with boring little things like disclosure rules, and regulators do not treat “oops, the influencer forgot the ad label” as a charming personality quirk. NAD referral: Kalshi refused a voluntary review of influencer ads Disclosure issue: Paid ties may not have been clearly revealed […]
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Congress is moving to ban lawmakers from trading on crypto prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi — and yeah, that should have happened a long time ago. Senate already approved a ban for senators and staff House may attach similar language to H.R. 7008 Polymarket and Kalshi support the move to boost legitimacy Enforcement is […]
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Polymarket is facing backlash after reports it spent more than $350,000 paying influencers to promote its betting odds on X without clearly disclosing the sponsorship. In a sector that already has a trust problem the size of a whale wallet, that kind of sleight of hand is exactly the sort of nonsense that keeps crypto […]
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