Taiwan Restricts Access to Coinbase and Kalshi Over Election Betting
Taiwan has blocked access to Coinbase and Kalshi websites due to concerns over illegal betting on upcoming local elections scheduled for November 28, 2026.

Taiwan has blocked access to Coinbase and Kalshi websites due to concerns over illegal betting on upcoming local elections scheduled for November 28, 2026.

The New Taipei District Court has ordered a block on the Coinbase website in Taiwan due to concerns over prediction markets related to the upcoming presidential election.

Google is currently the frontrunner in the race for the best AI model in October 2026, with prediction markets assigning the company a 70% probability of maintaining its lead.

CBS News will feature real-time election betting odds from Kalshi, despite a Reuters/Ipsos poll showing that 60% of US adults oppose wagering on election outcomes.

Traders on the Kalshi prediction market project a 3.6% median CPI for December 2026, signaling that inflation will remain well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target.

The CFTC has proposed redefining event contracts as swaps to assert federal authority over prediction markets amid ongoing legal disputes with state regulators and sports leagues.

The CFTC is moving to classify event contracts as swaps to assert federal jurisdiction over prediction markets and distinguish them from gambling.

Public opposition to a $165 million data center project in Pennsylvania is reshaping legislative expectations and influencing prediction markets across the United States.

The CFTC has introduced two proposals to define event contracts as federal swaps while excluding casino-style gambling, setting the stage for a potential Supreme Court jurisdictional battle.

The CFTC has proposed new rules to classify event contracts as swaps, aiming to establish exclusive federal oversight and distinguish these markets from traditional gambling.

Prediction markets have lowered the probability of Bitcoin reaching $200 000 in 2026 to a record low of 2%.

Prediction market Kalshi is investigating suspicious trades placed on the appointment of the new White House press secretary, with potential payouts exceeding $9,500.

The CFTC has proposed classifying event contracts as swaps to bring prediction markets under federal oversight while excluding traditional gambling from its jurisdiction.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is pushing for access to prediction market data to prevent insider trading and manipulation ahead of the new season starting October 20, 2026.

Yulia Navalnaya emerged as the top candidate for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Polymarket, with her winning odds peaking at 69% amid $30 million in total market volume.

OpenAI claims its internal model has solved the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, though the result awaits formal verification.

The NFL has petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge the classification of Kalshi's sports contracts as swaps, seeking to bring prediction markets under state gambling regulation.

Former Senator Blanche Lincoln, a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Act, is now lobbying for prediction market Kalshi to secure federal oversight for its sports-event contracts.

Former Senator Blanche Lincoln, who helped draft the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, is now lobbying for Kalshi to allow sports betting on prediction markets.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan warns that the hunt for 100x crypto tokens is driven by irrational exuberance, as users increasingly turn to prediction markets for more predictable outcomes.
