Inside the legal war threatening the future of Kalshi, Polymarket: ‘100% gambling platforms’
Summary
Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown into a multi-billion-dollar sector but now face a legal battle over who regulates them — the CFTC or individual states. The dispute revolves around whether these platforms are legitimate hedging and forecasting tools that require federal oversight to preserve liquidity, or gambling operations subject to state laws and taxes. Divergent court rulings have left operators exposed to patchwork regulation that could fragment liquidity, deter institutional participation, and push the issue to the Supreme Court. The outcome will determine whether prediction markets can scale as financial infrastructure or remain constrained as predominantly gambling platforms.
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