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October 30, 2026
Finance

Cboe Q3 earnings test its prediction-market push

Cboe reports third-quarter earnings on October 30, 2026, its first since the SEC cleared KPI binary options tied to 23 companies and launching through Robinhood. Analysts expect EPS near $3.42 and revenue around $707 mil

October 30, 2026·6 min read
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Finance

CFTC reopens Polymarket 2022 settlement probe

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is re-examining whether Polymarket honored the 2022 settlement in which it prom

October 29, 2026
Elections

Why prediction markets misread Brazil's runoff

Polymarket and Kalshi gave Flávio Bolsonaro about 80% to win Brazil's runoff, and then Lula won. A thin market dominated

October 29, 2026
Business

NBA names Polymarket, Kalshi preferred exchanges

The NBA named Polymarket and Kalshi its preferred prediction-market exchanges and signed a cooperation agreement with th

October 28, 2026
Elections

Polymarket had Bolsonaro at 80%; Lula won

Polymarket and Kalshi gave Flavio Bolsonaro roughly 80% to win Brazil's runoff. Instead Lula took 51.8% of the vote, the

October 28, 2026
Elections

Polymarket swings to Netanyahu after Israel vote

A day after Israel's October 27 election, Polymarket's next-prime-minister market reversed. Traders moved Benjamin Netan

October 28, 2026
Elections

$53.6 million on one question: who will be sworn in as prime minister

On the eve of Israel's 26th Knesset election, Polymarket's largest Israel market is about the next prime minister. Israe

October 26, 2026
Elections

Polymarket prices Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu

12 days before Israel's October 27 Knesset election, Polymarket's traders price Gadi Eisenkot's new Yashar party ahead o

October 15, 2026
Elections

Trump at 34%, markets price 91% Democratic House

A Financial Times poll released Monday put President Trump's approval at 34%, with 59% disapproving, three weeks before

October 14, 2026
Elections

Polymarket priced Lisnard 4th; polls say 3.5%

David Lisnard's Polymarket price climbed from 1.4% to a brief 17% peak, ranking him 4th for France's 2027 presidency. Fr

October 14, 2026
Crypto

Blockchain.com files for CFTC prediction license

Blockchain.com has filed to register as both a CFTC-regulated exchange and a broker, a bid to bring crypto derivatives a

October 14, 2026
Crypto

Polymarket CEO calls 100x tokens 'hot potato'

At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Polymarket's Shayne Coplan called the hunt for 100x tokens a 'game of irrational exuberance and

October 8, 2026
Politics

CFTC chair says it caught politicians trading

Michael Selig, the CFTC's confirmed chairman, told CNBC the agency has caught political figures trying to trade on Polym

October 7, 2026
Finance

Illinois ruling deepens prediction-market split

A federal judge in Chicago shielded Kalshi, Coinbase and the CFTC from Illinois licensing rules on October 2, 2026, find

October 7, 2026
Business

EDGE Markets opens margin rails to AI agents

EDGE Markets says it will let institutional traders authorize AI agents and trading algorithms to deploy capital on roun

October 7, 2026
Finance

CFTC sends 2 swap-definition rules to OIRA

The CFTC has sent 2 rulemakings to the White House's OIRA that would redraw when an event contract counts as a swap and

October 3, 2026
Finance

CFTC: 'mention markets' presumed manipulable

The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued a six-page staff advisory on September 22, 2026, saying it may treat cont

October 3, 2026
Business

Texas TV shows small firms hedging on Kalshi

A Texas TV segment on October 2 showed local firms hedging weather and cost risk on Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated exchange,

October 3, 2026
Elections

Markets price Flávio at 60%, Brazil polls tie

Two of the biggest prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, price Senator Flávio Bolsonaro above 60% to win Brazil's p

October 2, 2026
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