
CFTC Orders Kalshi to Honor Michigan Trades in State Clash
The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to honor Michigan trades, directly overriding a state court and escalating the federal fight over prediction market sports contracts.
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The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to honor Michigan trades, directly overriding a state court and escalating the federal fight over prediction market sports contracts.

Betting exchange Matchbook is operating ADI PredictStreet's regulated prediction markets on its own platform across five countries, using its licences instead of blockchain. Here is what the deal signals for the fast-growing sector.

OpenAI has quietly begun showing live Kalshi prediction market odds inside ChatGPT search results for the 2026 World Cup, handing the record-breaking exchange its biggest distribution channel yet.

A Michigan judge has extended the temporary ban on Kalshi's sports event contracts and ordered the prediction market to geofence the state by August 12 or pay $500,000 a day.

The Czech Ministry of Finance has blacklisted Polymarket as unlicensed gambling and told ISPs to block it within 15 days, joining France, Germany, Spain and Belgium.

A Ninth Circuit panel grilled Kalshi's attorneys on July 11, 2026 over why the company's sports-event contracts should not be treated as sports wagers under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, as California tribes seek to revive their injunction bid to block Kalshi from tribal lands in a case that could reshape prediction markets law nationwide.

Gibraltar published the Prediction Market Regulations 2026 on July 13, 2026, becoming the first jurisdiction in the world to create a dedicated standalone regulatory regime for prediction markets, licensing ADI Predictstreet and WagerWire under the new framework.