As the NFL enters the Divisional Round of the playoffs, a quiet revolution is taking place in how fans engage with the gridiron. While traditional sportsbooks are flooded with standard wagers, a new breed of market participant is flocking to Kalshi, the federally regulated event contract exchange. Since its aggressive expansion into sports in early [...]
As the prediction market industry enters a pivotal 2026, a high-stakes legal battle is unfolding that will determine whether these platforms are treated as sophisticated financial exchanges or local gambling dens. At the heart of the conflict is a strategy known as "Federal Preemption," where platforms argue that federal oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading [...]
As the 2026 legislative session kicks off in Albany, the future of the prediction market industry hangs in a delicate balance. New York lawmakers are currently locked in a philosophical and legal tug-of-war over whether these platforms—which allow users to trade on the outcome of everything from elections to interest rate hikes—are sophisticated financial tools [...]
As the dust settles on the hyper-active forecasting cycles of the last two years, a landmark study from Vanderbilt University has sent shockwaves through the prediction market industry. For years, the prevailing wisdom was that "liquidity is king"—that the more money and participants a market has, the more accurate its "crowdsourced wisdom" becomes. However, according [...]
In a seismic shift for the prediction market landscape, Kalshi has officially overtaken Polymarket as the dominant force in the industry. As of early January 2026, Kalshi handled approximately 66.4% of total global trades, a staggering reversal from the crypto-native era of 2024. The surge has been fueled by a combination of federal regulatory approval, [...]
Shares of global online betting powerhouse Flutter Entertainment (NASDAQ:FLUT) fell 3.9% in the morning session after Wells Fargo downgraded the company's stock from Overweight to Equal-Weight and cut its price target.
As the smoke clears from one of the most unpredictable NFL Wild Card weekends in modern history, the biggest winner isn’t just a team on the field, but a unique prediction model in the cloud. While traditional sportsbooks and Vegas sharps scrambled to adjust lines for veteran-heavy favorites, Manifold Markets, a play-money social prediction platform, [...]
As the NFL post-season enters its most critical stretch, the traditional landscape of sports wagering is facing a paradigm shift. On January 14, 2026, the prediction market industry reached a staggering milestone, processing over $701.7 million in a single day of trading. This record-breaking activity, driven primarily by the high-stakes matchups of the NFL Wild [...]
The era of prediction markets being dismissed as niche playgrounds for "degen" crypto enthusiasts and political junkies has officially ended. As of January 15, 2026, the world’s most elite high-frequency trading (HFT) firms have not just entered the arena—they have colonized it. Firms like DRW, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), and Jane Street are no longer [...]
When the dust finally settled on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, the biggest winner wasn't just on the ballot; it was the platform that saw the outcome coming long before the first cable news network called a single swing state. Polymarket, the decentralized prediction platform, didn't just participate in the election cycle—it dominated the narrative, [...]
As of mid-January 2026, the landscape of digital wagering has undergone a fundamental shift. What was once a niche world of political "event contracts" has been swallowed by the behemoth of American sports. Kalshi, the leading CFTC-regulated prediction market, has officially completed its metamorphosis into a financialized sports powerhouse. The catalyst? The late 2025 launch [...]
As we cross the midpoint of January 2026, the final tallies for the previous year have confirmed a seismic shift in global finance: prediction markets are no longer a niche curiosity for political junkies and crypto-enthusiasts. In 2025, the industry didn't just meet the ambitious $40 billion volume projection set by analysts—it shattered it, recording [...]
Looking back on casino operator stocks’ Q3 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) and its peers.
As the NFL transitions into the high-stakes Divisional Round, the dust is still settling on a Wild Card Weekend that defied the expectations of many traditional analysts but was precisely tracked by the "wisdom of the crowd." On social prediction platform Manifold Markets, the high-octane matchups between the Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers, as [...]
In a significant blow to state-level gambling regulators, a federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily halted the state’s attempt to shut down Kalshi’s sports prediction markets. On Monday, January 12, 2026, Judge Aleta Trauger of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), preventing Tennessee officials from [...]
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In a landmark move that signals a new era for financial media, Dow Jones & Co. and the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket officially announced an exclusive data partnership on January 7, 2026. This collaboration will integrate real-time, blockchain-based prediction market data across the entire Dow Jones digital ecosystem, including The Wall
Global online betting powerhouse Flutter Entertainment (NASDAQ:FLUT) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, but sales rose 16.8% year on year to $3.79 billion. Its GAAP loss of $3.92 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
FanDuel Predicts app will debut in Alabama, Alaska, South Carolina, North Dakota, and South Dakota, with broader expansion planned over the coming months and into early 2026.
As 2025 draws to a close, the long-standing rivalry between the London and New York stock exchanges has reached a definitive turning point. For years, the narrative has been one of "de-equitization" in the United Kingdom, as high-growth firms fled for the deeper pockets and higher valuations of Wall Street.
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