The Vault · 2026-03-27 18:57:16 · Bloomberg Markets
Kalshi Inc. has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle, securing a license to offer margin trading on its prediction market platform. This move directly targets sophisticated institutional investors from Wall Street, a demographic whose participation could significantly alter the platform's liquidity and influence. The a...
The Vault · 2026-03-30 01:56:49 · Japan Times
A surge of suspiciously well-timed wagers on U.S. foreign policy decisions, particularly concerning Iran, has triggered a $143 million insider trading probe into the booming world of prediction markets. The scale and precision of these bets, placed just before major geopolitical announcements, point to a potential syst...
The Vault · 2026-03-31 13:27:03 · CoinTelegraph
The push for atomic settlement and T+0 finality, often hailed as a market efficiency breakthrough, carries a critical and underappreciated risk: it could degrade overall market quality by dismantling the foundational efficiency of netting. The core tension lies in the demand for instant, trade-by-trade capital allocati...
The Vault · 2026-04-01 00:57:05 · Bloomberg Markets
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is turning its enforcement focus to the murky world of prediction markets. A senior CFTC official has issued a direct warning: the agency will deploy its full authority to identify and root out insider trading on these speculative exchanges. This marks a significant escalat...
The Vault · 2026-04-13 13:22:34 · Bloomberg Markets
A Paris court has delivered convictions in a high-stakes insider trading case, finding two men guilty of illegally profiting from a confidential tip about a secret multibillion-dollar acquisition. The traders netted approximately $23 million from the advance information, which originated from a former banker at Societe...