Posts From: May 2026

DraftKings to invest up to $300 million into prediction markets

DraftKings is making a significant commitment to prediction markets, in the company’s Q1 earnings call held on Friday, CEO Jason Robins announced that DraftKings plans to invest between $200 million...

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Kalshi valuation quadruples to $22bn in less than a year

Kalshi announced on Thursday a $1 billion Series F round, valuing the company at $22 billion. That’s double the $11 billion valuation Kalshi nabbed just five months ago after raising a $1 billion Series...

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Gemini secures derivatives license

Gemini secured regulatory approval to expand its trading operations into U.S. derivatives and prediction markets. The move allows the exchange to handle trade clearing internally and scale new products faster. The announcement...

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Clear Street teams up with Kalshi 

Clear Street is partnering with Kalshi Inc. to give its clients access to event bets, as the prediction markets industry seeks to increase its appeal to Wall Street. Clear Street’s...

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XO Market secures $6 Million seed funding to enhance prediction platform

XO Market has completed a $6 million seed funding round, with investors including 20VC, Picus Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. he platform focuses on a user-built market model and has attracted...

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SEGG Media subsidiary partners with Polymarket for sports predictions

SEGG Media subsidiary Sports Predicts Limited entered a partnership and integration agreement with Polymarket to embed decentralized prediction market technology into the Sports.com Predict platform. Under the deal, Polymarket will serve...

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Wisconsin announces lawsuits against prediction markets

Wisconsin’s top law enforcement official has sued a group of fintech and crypto platforms, including Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto.com, accusing them of facilitating illegal sports betting by offering...

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France probes weather data glitch after surge in Polymarket bets

Two Polymarket accounts have attracted suspicion after making $37,000 betting correctly on two unusual temperature readings of a weather station located in a major airport in France. The two weather-focused...

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Kalshi docks three US candidates for betting on own races

Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their...

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ProCap partners with Kalshi to launch prediction market

Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap Financial said on Tuesday it has partnered with prediction market operator Kalshi to ‌launch a dedicated research offering on prediction markets. The tie-up comes ‌as prediction markets,...

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