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#event-contracts
Regulation
CFTC scrutiny widens around Polymarket as oil bets draw abuse concerns
Reports linking an $800 million oil-linked Polymarket wager to insider-trading concerns are turning event contracts into a new test of CFTC market-abuse oversight.
By Tomás Iglesias
Regulation
CFTC Issues Blanket No-Action Letter on Prediction Market Data Reporting
The CFTC issued Letter No. 26-14 on Tuesday, granting 19 prediction market platforms — including Polymarket US and Kalshi — relief from swap data reporting obligations, as the agency presses its jurisdictional claim against five state-level gambling regulators.
By Tomás Iglesias
Analysis
Robinhood bets prediction markets can fill crypto revenue gap
Robinhood is positioning its prediction markets subsidiary as the next growth engine after crypto transaction revenue fell 47 per cent year over year in the first quarter, betting its 27.4m funded customer base can outscale dedicated platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.
By Sloane Carrington
