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Kalshi adds global elections to betting platform
23.10.2024
The US's first election betting market has added contracts for trading on national elections from Australia to Ecuador, public filings show.
Kalshi adds global elections to betting platform
23.10.2024
The US's first election betting market has added contracts for trading on national elections from Australia to Ecuador, public filings show.
Kalshi US election betting live after court win
7.10.2024
Betting on US political outcomes is permitted for the first time weeks ahead of the November presidential election
DC Circuit Court Rules Kalshi’s US Election Bets Legal
5.10.2024
This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled in favor of the predictions market Kalshi, allowing the commodities exchange to offer event contracts based on the outcome of U.S. congressional elections. Circuit Judge Millett’s opinion supports the legality...
US appeals court greenlights election prediction markets
2.10.2024
The ruling paves the way for election prediction markets to operate in the United States
Crypto.com Opposes Proposed US Ban on Prediction Markets and Event Contracts
11.8.2024
Crypto.com Senior Vice President Steve Humenik has joined Coinbase by voicing opposition to a proposed rule change by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that could lead to the prohibition of prediction markets in the United States. In a letter to the CFTC, Humenik expressed concerns...
Gemini urges CFTC to withdraw proposed rule on event contracts
10.8.2024
Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss believes that cryptocurrency prediction platforms offer a level of integrity that other platforms can’t match
Coinbase Challenges CFTC Proposal, Advocates for Balanced Regulation of Event Contracts
9.8.2024
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has raised concerns on social media regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed rule to ban certain event contracts. Coinbase has also formally responded to the proposal, urging the CFTC to reconsider its stance, which...
Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Venture Capital Firm Leads Polymarket’s $45 Million Series B Funding Round
15.5.2024
Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund recently led the Series B funding round for the crypto-based prediction markets platform, Polymarket, which raised $45 million. The latest round valued Polymarket lower than the $1 billion it had anticipated before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
U.S. CFTC Proposes Ban on Political Event Contracts
10.5.2024
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed a formal rejection of event contracts that bet on the outcome of political activity in a vote on Friday, beginning an effort to wall off U.S. customers from platforms that allow the trading of predictive contracts
Bitcoin surges past $24,000 on CME launch of BTC event contracts
13.3.2023
Bitcoin futures on CME have traded 550,000 contracts since inception