Tag: US Elections
No, Polymarket Whales Aren’t Evidence of Prediction Market Manipulation
This is a long-winded way of saying the market is never “wrong.” It simply reflects all available information. If you correctly disagree with the mark [...]
Federal Court ‘Erred’ in Letting Kalshi Launch Prediction Markets, CFTC Says
"Kalshi has taken the decision as carte blanche to list dozens of election betting contracts, including bets on the outcome of the presidential electi [...]
Harris or Trump? It’d Be an Easy Pick If It Was Just About Crypto
Harris, hailing from the state of California, has long enjoyed support from major names in the technology industry including former Meta Chief Operati [...]
Kamala Harris to Back Crypto Reg Framework in Speech Today, Campaign Says
"Vice President Harris knows that more than 20% of Black Americans own or have owned cryptocurrency assets, which is why her plans will make sure owne [...]
Does World Liberty Financial Count as Trump ‘Launching a Coin’? Polymarket Bettors Are Divided
Another No holder by the name of Lawyered.eth points to language from the white paper, first reported by CoinDesk, which reads: "World Liberty Financi [...]
U.S. Election Betting: Regulated Presidential Markets Are Live, and Tiny Compared to Polymarket's
With a month to go before Election Day, Kalshi and Interactive Brokers have listed prediction markets on the race for the White House.
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Kalshi Preps Presidential Prediction Markets After Re-Launching Congressional Contracts
While it's been fighting the agency in court, New York-based Kalshi, which settles bets in dollars, has watched crypto-powered rival Polymarket, which [...]
Bitcoin (BTC) and Gold to Benefit From Rising Geopolitical Tension and U.S. Election: JPMorgan
If the "Trump trade" plays out in a similar way to 2016, there should be higher U.S. Treasury yields, a stronger dollar, U.S. stock market outperforma [...]
Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown’s Foe
If Brown loses, the chances get much higher that Republicans take the Senate majority, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) potentially becomes the next chairm [...]
Polymarket Reportedly Seeks $50M in Funding, Mulls Token as Election Bets Surge
The startup's runaway success this year has been a sore point for Kalshi, a regulated, dollar-denominated prediction market that's been fighting a pro [...]
Prediction Markets Go to Washington(‘s Appeals Court)
As of the time I'm writing this, the contracts are still halted. The appeals court scheduled a hearing for Thursday, giving each party 15 minutes to m [...]
U.S. Election Betting: CFTC, Kalshi Both Grilled by Judges in Appeals Court
A panel of judges grilled attorneys for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and prediction-betting platform Kalshi over the company's effort [...]
Trump Buys Burgers With Bitcoin (BTC) at NYC Crypto Hangout PubKey
Trump made the stop at the Manhattan bar ahead of his rally in Long Island on Wednesday. A Fox News video shows the Republican nominee entering the pu [...]
U.S. CFTC Chair Behnam Says Regulator Will Keep Pursuing Kalshi Case
After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's court defeat last week in the agency's pursuit of Kalshi's election contracts, the regulator's c [...]
Limitless Raises $3M to Grow Prediction Market
Paper Ventures, Collider and Public Works participated in the round, said CJ Hetherington, co-founder and CEO of Limitless Labs, the company building [...]