Tag: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Kraken eyes prediction market launch with acquisition of CFTC-licensed Small Exchange
17 October 2025 at 6:53am UTC-4
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has confirmed its US$100 million acquisition of Commodity Futures Trading Commission-licensed contract market Small Exchange signals an interest in ...
Polymarket reaches US$8 billion valuation after Intercontinental Exchange investment
8 October 2025 at 8:05am UTC-4
Parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, has pledged to invest US$2 billion into prediction market Polymarket, leading to a US$8 billion valuation ...
Polymarket set to relaunch in US as early as Friday
2 October 2025 at 7:41am UTC-4
Four years after being banned by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, prediction market Polymarket is set to reopen to US customers, according to filings submitted by the ...
Robinhood eyes overseas expansion for prediction markets
2 October 2025 at 6:40am UTC-4
Trading platform Robinhood Markets is extending an international rollout of its prediction markets business, a step that would push the fast-growing product beyond the US ...
Colombia’s gambling regulator orders ISPs to block Polymarket
30 September 2025 at 7:15am UTC-4
Colombia’s gambling regulator, Coljuegos, has requested that internet service providers block access to prediction market platform Polymarket for operating unauthorized betting ...
PrizePicks gains National Futures Association approval
24 September 2025 at 6:39am UTC-4
Daily fantasy sports operator PrizePicks has secured National Futures Association approval under its subsidiary, Performance Prediction II, allowing the company to enter the ...
AI-driven prediction markets debut on Slips betting platform
15 September 2025 at 10:25am UTC-4
US-based Slips has launched AI-generated prediction markets that allow users to bet on sports, politics, entertainment, and other events.
The new feature expands Slips ...
Massachusetts Attorney General sues Kalshi for illegal sports wagering operations
13 September 2025 at 8:01am UTC-4
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against prediction market Kalshi for unlawfully promoting and accepting ...
Analyst: New Jersey trial a win-win for DraftKings, FanDuel
12 September 2025 at 11:44am UTC-4
Whatever the outcome of a trial in New Jersey, its result favors both DraftKings and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment, Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz concluded ...
Kristin Johnson departs Commodity Futures Trading Commission with predictions market warning
5 September 2025 at 6:40am UTC-4
Departing Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Kristin Johnson has warned that prediction markets, and some crypto platforms, are attracting unprecedented retail ...
