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Kalshi permanently barred former congressman George Santos and suspended congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for three years after probes into trading event contracts on non-public information. The action is a self-policing signal aimed at the core regulatory objection to prediction markets, that political insiders can monetize private information, and it matters for platforms and distribution partners now scaling event contracts alongside crypto and equity brokerage, including Coinbase and Robinhood. Watch whether the CFTC or state regulators treat this enforcement as sufficient or escalate with formal rules, since a tighter federal stance would compress the volume growth story that has been supporting prediction-market and adjacent retail-trading revenue.
As a Policy signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around COIN, HOOD.
Original Source: Cointelegraph
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