POLITICSJun 11 · 13:00 UTCOHIO CAPITAL JOURNALAmelia Twyman

US Senate Dems press federal agency to increase oversight of prediction markets

A group of 16 U.S. Senate Democrats, led by Amy Klobuchar, is urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to tighten regulation of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. They cited concerns over insider trading, consumer harms, and ambiguous contract language as these markets grow in popularity among retail participants.

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