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Polymarket

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CFTC opened three previously unreported Polymarket insider-trading probes

Documents obtained by WIRED through a Freedom of Information Act request show the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved at least three previously unreported investigations into trading on prediction market Polymarket. CFTC chairman Michael Selig authorized a private probe in early May into …

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Every published event attached to Polymarket, newest first.

September 2026
  1. Polymarket names Warren Jenson as first CFO amid US growth push
August 2026 2 events
  1. Polymarket reportedly receives $300 million from 1789 Capital
  2. Polymarket reportedly targets $1 billion round at $21 billion valuation
July 2026
  1. Exclusive: Prediction market startup Pascal raises $9 million to challenge heavyweights Kalshi and Polymarket
June 2026 2 events
  1. Third-Party Breach at Polymarket Leads to $2.94M Crypto Theft
  2. Zuckerberg directs Meta to explore partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi while building prediction markets app
May 2026 3 events
  1. Polymarket blocks VPN users as it faces potential legal trouble
  2. Google employee charged with fraud over $1.2 million Polymarket bets
  3. Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
April 2026 7 events
  1. U.S. Special Forces Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information to Profit on Polymarket
  2. Google says Polymarket predictions briefly appeared in Google News in error
  3. Google Removes Polymarket Betting Links From News Results After Error Disclosure
  4. Appeals Court Rules Prediction Market Sports Bets Are Federally Regulated Swaps
  5. Polymarket removes wagers on rescue of downed U.S. Air Force officer
  6. Polymarket halts betting on U.S. military rescue operations after lawmaker criticism
  7. CFTC Sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois for Trying to Regulate Prediction Markets
March 2026
  1. Senators Schiff and Curtis introduce bipartisan bill to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets
February 2026
  1. OpenAI fires employee for using confidential information on prediction markets