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Spain’s ban shows how prediction markets are colliding with gambling licenses, consumer safeguards, political events and platform risk.
Read full articleThis case highlights the increasing regulatory scrutiny on prediction markets, potentially reshaping their legal landscape and enforcement. The post US charges Google engineer with insider trading on Polymarket appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his goal of making the United States the “crypto capital of the world,” while also weighing in on a growing national fight over who should regulate prediction markets. Trump Says CFTC Rules Will Help Crypto ‘Thrive’ In a new statement shared Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump said it […]
This case highlights the legal risks of using insider information in decentralized markets, emphasizing the need for regulatory oversight. The post Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
This case highlights the legal risks of using insider information in decentralized markets, emphasizing the need for regulatory oversight. The post Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The post Bitcoin Has 50% Chance of Falling Below $50,000: Kalshi appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin to face major bearish scenario Bitcoin large holders make grand exit Bitcoin has continued to fail in its recent attempts to break out from its current price level and this has triggered fear among speculative traders. With Bitcoin remaining consistently in the red territory for the past days, the latest forecast from crypto prediction platform Kalshi shows that Bitcoin now has more chances of dropping below the $50,000 mark. Bitcoin to face major bearish scenario While Bitcoin has maintained its dominance in the crypto market, it bears the major weight of the bearish sentiments facing the broader market. XRP Hits $1.4B in ETF Cash Shiba Inu (SHIB) Sellers Exhausted, Dogecoin (DOGE) Zero Addition Question of Time, XRP Recovery Starts: Crypto Market Review As such, the prolonged volatility the crypto market is currently experiencing has increasingly stirred fear among Bitcoin
The post Google employee polymarket insider trading appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket. Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to place trades correctly betting that singer d4vd would be Google’s most searched person in 2025. Spagnuolo has been charged with money laundering, commodities fraud and wire fraud. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, was unsealed on Wednesday. ABC News first reported on the complaint. Spagnuolo was arrested Wednesday morning in New York, ABC reported. “Spagnuolo had access to Google’s internal data systems, including a particular Google internal software to
The post Traders are skeptical of Iran timeline for Strait of Hormuz reopening appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi | ISNA | WANA | Via Reuters Iran thinks it can get the Strait of Hormuz to its prewar status within one month of a peace deal with the U.S. Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi are more skeptical. They place just a 38% chance that traffic flows through the strait will return to normal by July 1. The contract defines normal flows as the seven-day moving average of transit through the strait crossing 60 based on data from IMF PortWatch. That level, though, is higher than the roughly 32% chance that traders gave of that happening before the new reports Wednesday. Reuters cited Iranian state television, which said it had a draft framework of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S., where the detail was learned. The White House denied the existence of any framework with Iran.
The restoration of internet access in Iran highlights the volatility and unpredictability of prediction markets, affecting investor confidence. The post Iran restores internet access after 88-day blackout, impacting prediction markets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
