Competition
Kalshi, Polymarket Face New Rival in Crypto’s Hottest Exchange
Hyperliquid's expansion into prediction markets challenges Kalshi and Polymarket by leveraging its integrated multi-asset platform to blur the lines between derivatives and event trading.
Polymarket Seeks CFTC Blessing to Bring Main Exchange Back to US
Polymarket is seeking CFTC approval to reopen its main exchange to US users, a move that could accelerate the industry's growth amid ongoing regulatory uncertainty.
Most Prediction Market Traders Are Losing Money While Bots Rack Up Gains
Prediction markets are promoted as a side hustle, but data shows most retail traders lose money as automated bots capture profits.
Insider Trading Cases Threaten Reckoning for Prediction Markets
Prediction markets boom amid insider trading allegations, triggering White House skepticism and heightened regulatory scrutiny.
AI Pioneers Back Startup Building Models to Predict Events
AI forecasting startups like Sooth Labs emerge amid prediction market boom, offering businesses new tools for geopolitical and market risk assessment.
Polymarket Loses Prediction-Market Lead After Delays, Blowback
Polymarket's disruptive, crypto-native strategy is hindering its US expansion, allowing the more regulator-friendly rival Kalshi to overtake it in trading volume and valuation.
Mandelson Vetting Fiasco Leaves Starmer Looking Like Lame Duck
Keir Starmer's authority is eroding under the weight of the Mandelson scandal, leaving him politically vulnerable ahead of crucial local elections.
Kalshi to Expand Crypto Wagers With Perpetual Futures Push
Kalshi's expansion into crypto perpetual futures marks a strategic shift beyond prediction markets toward sophisticated derivatives trading.
Prediction Markets Ramp Up Washington Lobbying to Stop US Rules
Prediction markets are ramping up lobbying to fight congressional efforts to regulate them as gambling and curb insider trading risks.
Schwab Considering Prediction Markets Linked to Finance Events
Charles Schwab is weighing launching finance-linked prediction markets as rivals push into the space, signaling mainstream brokerages may cautiously embrace betting-style tools while shunning pure gambling.
Robinhood excludes some prediction markets over manipulation fears
Robinhood is aggressively expanding into prediction markets but is excluding riskier contracts such as “mention markets” amid mounting concerns over manipulation, insider trading and regulatory scrutiny.
‘Death Markets’ and Attack Ads: Prediction Rivalry Turns Nasty
A fierce public spat between Kalshi and Polymarket is exposing deep regulatory and ethical divides in the booming prediction market industry just as Washington scrutiny intensifies.
