New York has sued Kalshi, calling its prediction-market sports contracts unlicensed gambling and seeking to halt them in the state. Kalshi says federal oversight protects it, but with courts, states, and Congress all circling, the legal squeeze is tightening fast.
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Kalshi’s bid for emergency protection was denied, leaving the prediction-market platform exposed to New York enforcement while its appeal moves forward. The fight now centers on whether federal derivatives law can override state gambling rules for sports-event contracts.
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A House hearing is set to test whether sports prediction markets are legitimate financial contracts or just gambling with fancier paperwork, as Kalshi faces growing state-level pushback. The fight could redraw the line between CFTC oversight and state gaming law.
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Polymarket and Kalshi are pricing Spain as the favorite over Argentina in the World Cup final, with trading volume topping $4 billion on Polymarket alone. But the contracts aren’t identical, so those odds need context — and Messi’s Argentina is still very much alive.
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The CFTC has approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP, bringing a Bitcoin perpetual contract onto a U.S.-regulated exchange. It’s a big step for onshore crypto derivatives — but whether it matters will come down to liquidity, trading demand, and whether traders show up.
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CBOE is weighing Bitcoin and Ether perpetual futures as a CFTC approval for Kalshi opens the door for regulated U.S. venues to offer crypto-style perps. The payoff is clear: more liquidity, more access, and yes, more leverage-fueled risk.
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CME is suing the CFTC over approval of crypto perpetual futures, arguing the regulator overstepped and should treat perps as swaps. The fight could decide whether the U.S. brings this huge, leverage-fueled market onshore or leaves it to offshore venues.
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Kentucky is suing Kalshi and Polymarket, calling their sports-linked prediction markets illegal sportsbooks, not financial products. The case spotlights a growing state-vs-federal battle over who regulates event contracts and whether “innovation” is just betting in a nicer suit.
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The CFTC has brought in a former SEC crypto adviser to strengthen its data and enforcement chops just as the fight over digital asset oversight, prediction markets, and sports event contracts gets uglier. Donald Battle is now the CFTC’s chief data innovation officer He has experience at the SEC crypto task force, FinCEN, and the […]
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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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