The Vault · 2026-03-01 19:37:50 · ai
A significant development has emerged in the prediction market industry regarding markets tied to geopolitical events in Iran, with the operator Kalshi implementing policy changes affecting settled transactions.
The company's Chief Executive Officer Tarek Mansour announced via social media that positions on the market...
The Vault · 2026-03-06 07:12:57 · ai
Prediction market platform Kalshi listed a contract allowing traders to bet on the ousting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The market accumulated $54 million in trades. Following Khamenei's death in a US-Israeli airstrike, Kalshi voided the result and refused to pay out to traders who correctly predic...
The Vault · 2026-03-06 11:42:37 · ai
Artem Kaptur, a video editor for the massively popular YouTube creator MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), has been fired from his position at Beast Industries. The termination follows an investigation by the prediction market platform Kalshi into alleged insider trading. Kaptur is accused of abusing non-public, inside knowledg...
The Network · 2026-04-03 14:26:59 · Protos
A former private attorney who successfully defended prediction market platform Kalshi against its federal regulator has now taken a senior role at the Justice Department, where he is using federal power to shield the same company from state-level legal challenges. Yaakov Roth, who as a Jones Day lawyer won a key 2024 c...
The Network · 2026-04-10 08:39:31 · Seeking Alpha
The White House has issued a formal warning to its staff, explicitly advising them against placing bets on prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi. This internal directive signals heightened scrutiny of the intersection between political events, sensitive information, and speculative financial activity. The m...
The Network · 2026-04-10 16:22:32 · WirtschaftsWoche
Das Weiße Haus hat eine Warnung vor möglichem Insiderhandel im Zusammenhang mit politischen Wetten ausgesprochen. Diese ungewöhnliche Intervention der US-Regierung richtet sich gegen Plattformen wie Polymarket und Kalshi, auf denen Nutzer auf politische Ereignisse – insbesondere im Umfeld von Donald Trump – wetten und ...
The Network · 2026-04-11 21:52:23 · TechCrunch
In a sharp federal intervention, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has secured an emergency court order, forcing Arizona to pause its criminal prosecution of the event-trading platform Kalshi. This temporary restraining order, announced Friday, creates an immediate legal standoff between a state attorney ...
The Vault · 2026-04-12 10:52:26 · Bloomberg Markets
A surge in speculative betting on everything from religious prophecies to sports championships is creating a significant compliance and regulatory dilemma for major financial institutions. Weekly trading volumes on platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi have ballooned into the billions of dollars, fueled by wagers on non...
The Vault · 2026-04-20 21:22:30 · ZeroHedge
Two traditional finance giants, Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities, are actively exploring entry into the fast-growing prediction market sector. This signals a potential major shift as established financial institutions weigh the risks and opportunities of a space currently dominated by newer platforms like Kalshi a...
The Vault · 2026-04-22 21:57:34 · CoinDesk
Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market platform, has identified additional suspected insider trading cases among its users, including at least one involving a politician who previously appeared on the reality dating show FBoy Island. The disclosure comes as the platform attempts to demonstrate robust compliance m...
The Vault · 2026-04-22 22:54:08 · Wired
Mark Moran, a long-shot Senate candidate from Virginia, has publicly admitted he deliberately violated Kalshi's trading rules, claiming he wanted to get caught. His disclosure, reported by Wired, represents an unusual confession of market manipulation by a political candidate operating on the regulated prediction marke...
The Vault · 2026-04-23 03:24:05 · CoinTelegraph
Kalshi, a regulated prediction market platform, has permanently banned three US politicians after discovering they wagered on outcomes directly tied to their own electoral contests. The enforcement action signals a tightening stance on what the platform characterizes as insider trading activity within political markets...
The Vault · 2026-04-23 05:24:07 · Seeking Alpha
Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction market platform, has suspended and fined three congressional candidates for alleged insider trading related to political contracts traded on its exchange. The enforcement action marks a significant test of how federal oversight applies to market manipulation concerns within the ...
The Vault · 2026-04-23 12:24:07 · ForkLog
Платформа предсказаний Kalshi ввела санкции против троих американских политиков, уличенных в инсайдерской торговле — ставках на исход собственных избирательных кампаний. Под ограничения попали сенатор от Миннесоты Мэтт Кляйн, кандидат в Палату представителей США Эзекиль Энрикес и участник гонки за место в Сенате от Вир...
The Vault · 2026-04-23 17:24:14 · ZeroHedge
Kalshi, the regulated prediction market platform, has imposed five-year bans and financial penalties on three US political figures after detecting they wagered on the outcomes of their own election contests. The enforcement action marks one of the most visible crackdowns yet on insider trading within prediction markets...
The Vault · 2026-04-24 01:54:08 · CoinTelegraph
Kalshi, a regulated prediction market platform, has barred three US politicians from trading on its platform after they placed bets on their own electoral contests—a move that has reignited debate over market integrity and political conflicts of interest in political wagering markets.
Matt Klein, a sitting member of t...
The Vault · 2026-04-24 16:54:08 · Seeking Alpha
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has initiated legal action against a cluster of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market platforms—Kalshi, Robinhood, Polymarket, Coinbase, and Crypto.com—over allegations tied to sports betting operations. The suit marks a notable escalation by state authorities against platforms ...
The Vault · 2026-04-24 21:54:07 · Bloomberg Markets
Brazil's federal gambling regulator has moved to block domestic access to Polymarket and Kalshi, two of the most widely used prediction market platforms, marking an escalating enforcement campaign against online betting products that fall outside the country's licensed framework.
The National Gaming Secretariat (SENAC...
The Network · 2026-05-01 17:54:07 · The Verge
The collective bargaining representatives for professional athletes across the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLS are pressing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prohibit a specific category of financial contracts they argue creates conditions for targeted harassment of players and their families. In comments submitt...
The Office · 2026-05-01 19:24:06 · Ars Technica
The Senate voted unanimously to bar its members from trading on prediction markets, a move that came roughly a week after Kalshi reported catching three congressional candidates placing bets on their own campaigns. The resolution, which passed by unanimous consent, amends the chamber's conflict-of-interest rules and ta...