Interactive Brokers launches multi-venue prediction market platform featuring Kalshi, CME and ForecastEx

Interactive Brokers announced the launch of a unified prediction markets platform on Thursday, which integrates event contracts from Kalshi, CME Group, and its own affiliate exchange, ForecastEx. IBKR Aggregates Kalshi and CME for Professional Traders The Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) update introduces a single interface designed to consolidate these three liquidity pools. Eligible clients can […]

The contracts will offer regulated exposure to multiple cryptocurrencies through standard and micro-sized futures products, according to the company.

In Kalshi’s legal battle with Ohio, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has lent its support, requesting that an appeals court confirm that the commission has authority over prediction markets. On Tuesday, the CFTC submitted an amicus brief to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing Ohio of engaging in

The post Kalshi gets CFTC support in Ohio sports market appeal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has backed Kalshi in its appeal against Ohio regulators, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to affirm federal oversight of prediction markets.  Summary CFTC says Ohio went too far by treating Kalshi’s federally regulated event contracts as sports gambling. The Ohio appeal adds to wider state battles over Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Coinbase, and Robinhood. Trump-appointed CFTC Chair Michael Selig says the agency will defend its authority over prediction markets. The agency filed an amicus brief in KalshiEx LLC v. Matthew T. Schuler, et al., on May 12. The case centers on whether Ohio can treat Kalshi’s sports event contracts as unlicensed sports gambling.  State authorities had told the company to stop offering those markets in Ohio. Kalshi sued, but a federal district court denied its request for protection in March. The c

CFTC backs Kalshi in Ohio appeal, saying prediction markets on regulated exchanges fall under federal oversight, not state gambling rules

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has urged the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that the agency has jurisdiction over prediction markets.

A federal judge in Wisconsin has found that the Ho-Chunk Nation is likely to succeed in blocking Kalshi from offering sports event contracts on tribal land under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), in what appears to be the first ruling of its kind against the prediction-market operator. First Federal Court Sides With Tribes in […]

The global community of speculators and digital currency enthusiasts is currently pouring millions of dollars into prediction markets to determine if and when bitcoin will clinch the elusive $150,000 price point. As of May 12, 2026, the prediction platform Polymarket has recorded a staggering $18,360,481 in total trading volume for its primary $150,000 target market. […]