Polymarket News and Prediction Market Platform Updates
Polymarket unveils Protocol V2 and plans November 2 transition
Polymarket has unveiled Protocol V2, a complete overhaul of its smart contract infrastructure for prediction markets. New markets are expected to move to the system on November 2, although the ...
UN warns Haiti violence expands as wider crises raise maritime and food risks
Escalating insecurity in Haiti, Somali waters and the Middle East is intensifying humanitarian and economic pressure across multiple regions. New UN updates point to rising casualties, disruption ...
Polymarket seeks new path into European markets
Polymarket is pushing for a new regulatory route into Europe after gambling authorities in several countries restricted or blocked its prediction markets. The company wants financial regulators ...
EU diesel reserve pressure centers on Germany and France
Europe's emergency diesel stockpiles are drawing renewed scrutiny as prices surge across key fuel markets and supply disruptions linked to the Iran war strain imports. Germany and France hold more ...
Polymarket adds trading addiction safeguards for U.S. users
Amid growing scrutiny of prediction markets, Polymarket is introducing new controls aimed at curbing compulsive trading behavior on its platform. The measures include voluntary deposit caps, ...
House Oversight panel broadens prediction market trading probe to Crypto.com, Hyperliquid and PredictIt
Congressional scrutiny of prediction market trading is expanding as the House Oversight Committee seeks records from three more platforms on identity verification and suspicious activity ...
EU fuel import costs jump as U.S.-Iran war adds €100bn to energy bill
Europe’s exposure to imported fossil fuels is pushing up costs sharply as ministers prepare for a winter of elevated energy prices. The European Union says it has paid an extra €100bn for the ...
India warns UN conflicts are raising costs for the Global South
Rising geopolitical conflicts are increasing economic and security pressures well beyond the main battlefields, as governments grapple with disruptions to trade, energy and development. India says ...
New York moves to block Polymarket U.S. over alleged gambling law violations
New York is widening its legal pressure on prediction market operators after filing a new lawsuit against Polymarket U.S. The case comes less than two months after the state sued rival platform ...
Polymarket seeks EU classification as financial product
As prediction markets expand across Europe, Polymarket is pushing for its contracts to be treated as financial products rather than gambling activity under national rules. The move is aimed at ...
Kalshi disputes fake volume allegations over crypto perpetuals
Scrutiny is rising around Kalshi's newly launched crypto perpetual futures as unusual trading patterns trigger claims of inflated activity on the regulated U.S. prediction market. The dispute ...
UNCTAD urges stronger trade cooperation at WTO forum
As services trade expands and supply chain risks persist, UN Trade and Development says trade policy needs broader coordination to support inclusive and sustainable growth. The agency links that ...
Polymarket users in South Korea face illegal betting charges
South Korean police have opened cases against 26 local Polymarket users on suspicion of illegal gambling. The cybercrime investigation unit of the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency has already ...
ESMA questions prediction platforms' EU market access controls
European regulators are tightening scrutiny of prediction market platforms as questions grow over how event contracts should be classified and sold across the bloc. ESMA says the largest operators ...
From the NBA to Polymarket: Where is LeBron James's business headed?
LeBron James has spent more than two decades dominating basketball, but at 41, even his extraordinary NBA career is nearing its end. His latest move takes him into a very different arena ...
Million-dollar secrets: How insiders profit on Polymarket and Kalshi
Prediction markets can make traders rich if they figure out what will happen before everyone else. But what if a trader is not predicting an event at all, but already knows the outcome—or can ...
Trump Jr.’s firm invests $300 million in Polymarket
Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, has led a new $1 billion funding round for Polymarket. The deal values the prediction market platform at $21 billion, a spokesperson for ...
Polymarket insider trading case challenges CFTC swap definition in U.S.
A criminal case tied to Polymarket is becoming a broader test of how U.S. law treats prediction market wagers linked to non-financial events. Lawyers for Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo are ...
Trump Jr. backs lighter oversight for U.S. prediction markets
A regulatory dispute over sports-related prediction markets is widening as states and federal authorities clash over who should oversee the sector. Donald Trump Jr., an adviser to Kalshi and ...
U.S. sanctions Iran-linked networks over military, cyber and oil trade activities
Washington is expanding pressure on Iran with a new sanctions package aimed at military procurement, cyber operations and petroleum trading networks tied to the regime. The action spans entities, ...
CFTC faces challenge over Polymarket bet case in Van Dyke fraud prosecution
A court fight over the legal status of prediction market contracts is widening in a U.S. criminal case tied to alleged trading on Polymarket using nonpublic information. The dispute centers on ...
