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www.businessinsider.com
The political fight over prediction markets is heating up
Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have a powerful new ally: the Trump administration.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig, the country's top federal regulator of prediction markets, came out hard in favor of prediction markets in a video posted to X on Tuesday.
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www.newsweek.com
Trump admin backs Kalshi, Polymarket -- What It could mean for sports gamblers
The Trump administration is throwing its support behind prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a high鈥憇takes legal fight that could reshape how sports gambling is regulated in the United States.
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www.nbcnews.com
Three economists grabbed a beer. A multibillion-dollar industry was born.
The billion-dollar prediction markets industry began like a joke: Three economists walked into a bar.
This was in Iowa City in 1988, long before anyone could bet on elections or Super Bowl halftime shows with their phone.
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www.npr.org
Israel accuses two of using military secrets to place Polymarket bets
An example of Polymarket trades on military operations between Israel and Iran. Prosecutors in Israel have not identified which trades in particular are under investigation.
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www.yahoo.com
IDF reservist, civilian indicted for betting on military actions on Polymarket
Experts and commentators have warned that online prediction markets can be abused with insider information, raising operational security concerns for democracies, with Israeli authorities examining whether insider information was used to profit from prediction markets tied to Israeli operations in Iran.
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www.nbcnews.com
Wanna bet? Super Bowl gamblers find a way around bans thanks to prediction markets
There's no legal sports betting in California, though Super Bowl-sized loopholes -- in the form of new "prediction market" platforms -- are allowing anyone across America to wager on games anyway.
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www.wsj.com
The Wild Markets Behind Polymarket's 'Truth Machine'
Polymarket's rise comes as wagering on sports, bitcoin, elections and just about everything else has grown ubiquitous, and barriers between traditional investments, crypto and gambling are eroding.
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www.washingtonpost.com
Millions in bets ride on what Trump will say, do or invade next
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Caleb Davies, a Democrat who lives in the Minneapolis area, says he's furious that federal immigration personnel have killed two people this month in his hometown.
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www.financemagnates.com
U.S. Home Prices Become Tradeable Events as Polymarket Taps Parcl Data
It comes amid reports that prediction market traders face the same poor odds as retail CFD investors.
Polymarket and Parcl are moving real estate into onchain prediction markets, creating a new venue where traders can speculate on the direction of housing prices without touching physical property or long-term mortgages.
#RealEstate #PredictionMarkets #HousingMarket
www.benzinga.com
Polymarket and Parcl Announce Partnership to Launch Real Estate Prediction Markets Powered by Parcl Indices
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NEW YORK, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parcl, the real-time housing data and onchain real estate platform, and Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market, today announced a partnership to bring Parcl's daily housing price indices to a new suite of real estate prediction markets on Polymarket.
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cointelegraph.com
Ritchie Torres Targets Insider Trading on Prediction Markets
A $400,000 Polymarket wager tied to Maduro's capture has prompted Ritchie Torres to propose legislation restricting insider trading on political prediction markets.