https://blockchaining.org/tags/prediction-markets/ Recent content in Prediction Markets on Blockchaining.org Hugo en-us Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blockchaining.org/kalshi-and-polymarket-are-fighting-each-other-while-the-same-regulators-close-in/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blockchaining.org/kalshi-and-polymarket-are-fighting-each-other-while-the-same-regulators-close-in/ <p>Kalshi and Polymarket built their entire identities around being each other&rsquo;s opposite. Kalshi is the &ldquo;regulated from the inside&rdquo; exchange, holding the first federal license the CFTC ever granted an event-contract platform and pitching itself to lawmakers and institutions as the safe, onshore choice. Polymarket built the opposite brand, crypto-native and historically offshore, technically off-limits to American users even as VPN access made that limit porous, before working toward a US re-entry through its QCEX acquisition. Neither company&rsquo;s survival argument works without the other looking like the risk.</p>