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Government officials and campaign staff face new restrictions on using nonpublic information to wager on election prediction markets.
The 2026 World Cup has propelled prediction market trading volumes to record heights, with leading platforms seeing multi-billion dollar surges.
Spotify has deleted 500,000 streams of a chart-topping song following suspected manipulation tied to prediction market betting on Kalshi and Polymarket.
The C.F.T.C. has launched an investigation into prediction market platform Polymarket following pressure from lawmakers.
Lawmakers and regulators are scrutinizing Polymarket over allegations of deceptive advertising.
Polymarket is facing allegations of paying creators to post deceptive videos of staged winning bets to drive viral growth.
Polymarket faces accusations of fabricating winning bets and using paid influencers to drive viral growth during a period of record open interest.