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Odaily News: Polymarket has filed a lawsuit in a Dutch court seeking to overturn a ban imposed by the Dutch gambling regulator on its prediction market. The company argues that its event contracts are derivatives and should be regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), rather than the Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA).On January 20, the KSA ordered Polymarket to cease providing services to Dutch users within four weeks or face weekly fines of €420,000, up to a maximum of €840,000. The KSA stated that inspectors had registered an account through a Dutch IP address, topped up €10 using a Dutch bank account, and purchased $1 worth of "Yes" shares in the "Next Dutch Prime Minister" market.Polymarket said it implemented IP blocking on February 18, but the KSA determined that the measure came one day after the deadline and decided to impose a €420,000 fine. On June 23, the KSA dismissed Polymarket's objection, noting that Dutch law prohibits betting on non-sporting events and that licensed operators are also not permitted to accept cryptocurrency payments. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: NBA superstar LeBron James' $15 million annual endorsement deal with prediction market platform Polymarket has drawn public attention. There is currently no evidence that the partnership violates NBA rules. James is only an endorser, not an investor, and the partnership will focus on non-NBA markets such as soccer. Therefore, this is not a similar situation to the previous salary cap violation incident involving Los Angeles Clippers player Kawhi Leonard.However, this partnership highlights the increasingly complex commercial relationship between professional sports and prediction markets. The NBA can regulate player salaries, but it is difficult to constrain players' off-court business ties with related companies. Especially when players' own information may affect prediction market trading, how to distinguish legitimate endorsements from potential conflicts of interest has become a new challenge facing the league.Previously, the Clippers were found to have violated salary cap rules by arranging additional income for Leonard through companies affiliated with the team, and were fined $30 million, penalized with the loss of multiple future first-round draft picks, and had relevant personnel suspended. By contrast, James' partnership with Polymarket does not involve similar violations. But as the connections between players, teams, investors, and prediction market platforms deepen, the traditional boundaries of sports business are being tested. (The New York Times)
According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has submitted two proposed rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB): one would formally classify event contracts traded on platforms such as Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, and Robinhood under the regulatory definition of "swaps"; the other would explicitly exclude casino-style gambling products from the swaps category. This move aims to respond to recent federal court rulings—the Sixth and Eighth Circuits both ruled that Kalshi's sports-related contracts do not qualify as swaps and should be subject to state gambling regulations, while the Third Circuit upheld the CFTC's jurisdiction over prediction markets. With conflicting rulings across the circuits, the matter may ultimately need to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently, the CFTC comprises only one commissioner, Chair Mike Selig, with all related decisions made solely by him.
According to CNN, prediction market Polymarket has announced a series of consumer protection measures, including deposit limits for users, an "exclusion list" feature (allowing temporary or permanent account blocks), and a partnership with virtual gambling addiction treatment company Birches Health to provide mental health resources. Against this backdrop, New York filed a lawsuit against Polymarket a week ago, accusing it of circumventing New York's strict gambling regulations; Polymarket has since filed a counterclaim in federal court. Currently, a bipartisan coalition of 44 states is arguing in court that prediction platforms should be subject to state gambling laws.
According to monitoring by PPP prediction market tool, Polymarket odds for "Trump to officially rename AI by December 31" have risen to 66%, up 17% in a single week.According to the settlement rules, Trump must formally adopt a new official name for "AI" or require the federal government to adopt a new name via executive order, presidential proclamation, or presidential memorandum before 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the specified date. Public statements, speeches, interviews, press conferences, and social media posts do not count.Previously, Trump reiterated his opposition to regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He also stated that the term "Artificial Intelligence" underestimates the value of this technology and expressed hope that countries around the world would also adopt the new name "Super Intelligence."Join the PPP signal push community to stay one step ahead and seize the opportunity.
According to Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter, bets on Polymarket regarding the likelihood of major banks such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America collapsing are drawing attention from U.S. regulators and members of Congress. While these contracts currently represent only a small portion of trading on this offshore prediction market platform, some officials fear that expanding trading volumes could exacerbate market panic and fuel real-world bank runs. Polymarket stated that its platform prohibits U.S. users from participating.
According to Crowdfund Insider, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have filed a civil lawsuit against QCX LLC, the operating entity behind Polymarket US, alleging that it ran an unlicensed gambling business by offering event contracts for sports, elections, and other occurrences to local users through prediction markets without authorization from the New York State Gaming Commission. The complaint also notes that the minimum age for mobile sports betting in New York is 21, whereas Polymarket allegedly permits users aged 18 to 20 to participate. New York seeks a court order to halt Polymarket’s related operations and advertising campaigns within the state, demanding the forfeiture of alleged illicit gains, compensation to users, and civil fines of up to three times the relevant earnings; for unauthorized sports betting activities, the state also mandates an additional $100,000 penalty for each instance of providing or attempting to provide such services. Polymarket Chief Legal Officer Neal Kumar stated that the company plans to contest the lawsuit. According to reports, Polymarket subsequently filed its own lawsuit, arguing that such event contracts fall under the exclusive regulatory authority of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
According to FT reports, Polymarket is conducting regulatory outreach across the UK and several EU countries, seeking to classify prediction market contracts as financial derivatives and bring them under financial regulatory frameworks such as MiFID, rather than subjecting them to gambling regulations. The company has already contacted the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Commission, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and plans to apply for relevant European licenses.
Odaily News: The cyber investigation unit of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Police Agency in South Korea identified 26 Polymarket users by analyzing public blockchain transaction records and on-chain open-source intelligence, and filed cases on suspicion of illegal gambling. Among them, 18 individuals have been transferred to prosecutors, with cumulative bets totaling $12.7 million and a single user betting as much as $4.1 million.Police launched a preliminary investigation in March and began filing cases against those involved starting in May; South Korea's Korea Communications Standards Commission only ordered the blocking of Polymarket on August 18, and the transactions under investigation by authorities occurred during a period when the platform was still normally accessible. Police are advancing the investigation under Article 246 of South Korea's Criminal Act. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to The Block, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has revised his previous assessment regarding the impact of the Clarity Act's failure. The bill secured only 49 votes in a procedural Senate vote, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed to advance. While Hougan had previously forecasted that a failed bill would trigger several weeks of crypto market weakness, he noted in his latest client report that Bitcoin has continued to rise after bottoming out around $57,950 on July 1, surpassing $80,000 on September 4. In the same period, Polymarket’s implied probability for the bill’s passage within the year dropped from 39% to 14%. Price action moving contrary to these expectations suggests that the bull market does not rely on legislative passage. Hougan also pointed out that initiatives such as Robinhood launching its own blockchain, Morgan Stanley listing a Solana ETF, and DTCC completing the settlement of the first batch of tokenized stocks demonstrate that Wall Street institutions are already positioning themselves ahead of regulatory clarity. He noted that proactive rulemaking by the SEC and CFTC can partially fill legislative gaps, but acknowledged that executive regulations carry the risk of being overturned by future administrations. Consequently, congressional legislation remains the sole path to providing lasting regulatory certainty.
South Korean police have opened an investigation into 26 local Polymarket users and referred 18 of them to prosecutors on suspicion of illegal gambling. The total amount wagered by the users was approximately 17.6 billion Korean won, or about $12.7 million. Previously, South Korea blocked local users' access to Polymarket last month.
According to reports from Asia Economic, the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Gangwon Regional Police Agency has filed cases against 26 users of the overseas prediction market platform Polymarket and transferred 18 of them to prosecutors. The cumulative betting amount among those involved is approximately 17.6 billion Korean won, with the highest individual amount reaching about 5.7 billion KRW. Police maintain that users betting on uncertain event outcomes using crypto assets are suspected of committing illegal gambling. The involved users counter that because Polymarket employs order book trading and supports closing positions before maturity, it should be treated as a crypto derivatives market. Relevant South Korean authorities had previously decided to block the platform, and subsequent judicial disputes will focus on whether its trading structure should be classified as gambling or derivatives investment.
According to The Block, sports betting company Underdog has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Connecticut state officials seeking to prevent the state from classifying its sports event contracts as illegal gambling. Underdog argues that it operates as a federally regulated Designated Contract Market (DCM), and that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) holds "exclusive jurisdiction" over DCMs, meaning Connecticut's enforcement action conflicts with the framework of the Commodity Exchange Act. Previously, Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) issued cease and desist orders to nine prediction market platforms, including Underdog, Polymarket, Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Robinhood. Earlier this month, Underdog also filed separate lawsuits in five states: Ohio, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Washington. Currently, more than twelve states have taken enforcement actions or filed lawsuits against prediction market platforms.
Odaily News: Moonrock Capital founder Simon Dedic posted on X, stating: "The Senate vote on the Clarity Act is expected to take place in about 10 hours. Democrats have already rejected the Republican-drafted bill on the pretext of so-called 'ethics concerns' (eThIcS cOncErNs); the predicted odds on Polymarket have collapsed, and the market has fully priced in expectations of failure. Regardless of the outcome, however, I am very much looking forward to this vote. It means we can finally turn the page and shift our energy to far more important matters. If the bill fails to pass, we will instead get equally strong pro-crypto regulatory policy from the SEC; and if even that doesn't happen, then the responsibility for watching the U.S. hand over its leadership in frontier finance and sit idly by as the world's most dynamic companies move offshore will rest entirely on the Democrats. Politics is tiresome, but America is not so foolish as to let that situation happen. So what must come will come, and we will ultimately prevail."
According to an analysis by Jiangzhuoer (@Jiangzhuoer2), CEO of Litecoin Pool, after Republicans released a new draft of the Clarify Act claiming concessions on 80% of the disputed provisions, Polymarket's passage probability rose accordingly from 14% to 28%. Upon closer inspection, however, the actual concession rate is around 60%, with only partial compromises made on key provisions. Under the ethics clause, the new draft expands restrictions to officials and their spouses but still excludes children and affiliated entities, a move criticized as having limited practical impact; regarding the enforcement clause, while it allows state attorneys general to sue exchanges for listing non-compliant tokens, it explicitly bars suing the Department of Justice for regulatory inaction or the President directly. Jiangzhuoer believes that Democrats lack any incentive to "hand Trump a gift" ahead of the midterm elections, making it unlikely they would endorse this "fake compromise." Consequently, the prospect of the procedural vote passing at 2:15 AM Beijing Time on September 16 is slim, and a failed vote on the Clarify Act could mark the beginning of a correction in the current BTC uptrend.
Bitcoin News posted on X that Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Digital Assets, appears to be sending a positive signal ahead of the Senate's upcoming vote on the CLARITY Act, saying that "today is not a good day for CLARITY Act skeptics." However, Polymarket shows only a 20% chance the bill passes in 2026.
Odaily News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has previously secretly approved 3 insider trading investigations into Polymarket trading, involving Biden pardon, Iran war, and Google-related event contracts. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig approved an investigation in May into contracts related to the Biden pardon, after a trader had profited over $300,000 from the related market; in the same month, the CFTC also approved an investigation into Iran war contracts, after a group of suspicious accounts was exposed for profiting $2.4 million with a win rate of approximately 98%. In July, the CFTC further launched an investigation into Google-related Polymarket contracts, focusing on individuals who may have used non-public information about Google's 2025 search rankings to trade. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York is also conducting a parallel investigation, and Polymarket stated that it has referred the relevant matters to law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation.
Odaily reports: A group of 19 interconnected Polymarket accounts concentrated bets over the past several months on the earnings of publicly traded companies audited by KPMG, covering 18 KPMG clients including Wells Fargo, Home Depot, DoorDash, and General Mills. The account cluster placed a total of 42 trades, of which 41 were profitable, for a win rate of 98% and cumulative profits of about $22,000. The related funds had flowed among the 19 accounts, suggesting they may have been controlled by the same person or team. U.S. law enforcement is investigating a KPMG employee suspected of using Polymarket for insider trading; the employee is being investigated for betting on whether listed companies' quarterly results would exceed market expectations. At present, it cannot yet be confirmed that the account cluster is connected to the employee, and the related analysis itself also cannot prove the existence of insider trading. KPMG said it has a zero-tolerance stance toward trading using non-public client information and has strengthened relevant monitoring.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released a report stating that platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi lack the formal authorization required to sell contracts to users in the EU. Regulators have also questioned the effectiveness of these platforms in enforcing geo-restrictions and anti-VPN measures.
PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that on Polymarket, the probability of Anthropic completing an IPO before October 15, 2026 has dropped to 6%, down 51% in a single week; the probability of an IPO before October 31, 2026 has dropped to 60%, down 29% in a single week.According to the resolution rules, if Anthropic officially lists on a public stock exchange and opens for stock trading before 23:59 Eastern Time on the specified date, it resolves as Yes; otherwise, it resolves as No. In addition, if Anthropic is acquired by a publicly listed company, it immediately resolves as No. The primary basis for resolution of this market is documents and announcements published by Anthropic officially and by the stock exchange where its shares are listed.Previously, Reuters reported, citing sources, that Anthropic planned to launch its IPO roadshow as early as mid-October and was aiming to go public before the U.S. midterm elections in November. Today, however, David Sacks, chairman of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, called for suspending Anthropic's IPO until the relevant "whistleblower" allegations are fully investigated.The "whistleblower" refers to former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who previously resigned over concerns about AI safety risks and publicly accused Anthropic and OpenAI of racing to develop self-improving superintelligence without adequate safety safeguards.Join the PPP signal push community to stay one step ahead and seize the opportunity.