Google bans Chrome prediction market extensions amid Kalshi battle

The post Google Puts a New Prediction Markets Ban on Chrome appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Google has banned prediction market extensions from the Chrome Web Store under updated Developer Program Policies. Extensions that facilitate or enable real-money trades on predictive outcomes face enforcement starting August 1, 2026. The change adds a new distribution chokepoint for Polymarket and Kalshi just as sector volumes hit records. Why Google is Blocking Prediction Market Extensions Google announced the changes on July 1 through the Chrome for Developers blog. The company expanded its Regulated Goods and Services policy to name predictive markets as prohibited products. Non-compliant extensions risk removal after the deadline. The update reaches beyond event trading. Extensions may now collect only data strictly necessary to a disclosed single purpose. Developers must also prominently disclose every data practice and flag later changes. A separate rule bans tools built to circumven

The post The Hottest Prediction Market in Crypto Just Left Solana, But Why? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The World prediction market, which launched on Solana (SOL) barely a week ago, said it will move to Robinhood Chain. The team offered no clear reason for leaving so soon after its debut. The switch reverses a story from days earlier, when World was Solana’s homegrown answer to Polymarket and Kalshi. Now it is tying its future to a mainstream broker’s network. A Fast Rise for the World Prediction Market Prediction markets let people bet real money on the outcome of real events, from elections to football matches. World arrived in that fast-growing space with real hype. The project built attention with a stealth campaign, teasing a glowing globe and the line “Trade Everything” before any product. It then went live inside Phantom on July 1, a wallet with more than 15 million monthly users. World never holds user money. It settles bets automatically using Chainlink data and pays

The post Google to Ban Prediction Market Extensions Amid Increased Scrutiny of Polymarket, Kalshi appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tech giant Google has revealed its updated policy for the Chrome Store, which includes a prohibition of prediction market extensions. This comes as platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi face increased crackdowns by state regulators over claims that they are operating as illegal sports betting platforms. Google To Prohibit Prediction Market Extensions In the latest update to its Developer Program policies, Google announced that it is expanding its language to explicitly include predictive markets as prohibited products. “Extensions that facilitate or enable real money transactions on predictive outcomes are not allowed,” the blog post read. The tech giant further stated that enforcement for these updated policies, which include the ban on prediction markets, will begin on August 1, 2026. “Extensions found out of compliance after this date may face enfo

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Google has updated its Chrome Web Store rules to prohibit prediction market extensions that facilitate real-money transactions, with enforcement set to begin on Aug. 1, 2026. According to Google’s latest update to its Developer Program policies, browser extensions that “facilitate…

The post Judge Torres Denies Kalshi’s New York Injunction Bid appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Judge Analisa Torres denied Kalshi’s bid to block New York’s gambling regulators.  Judge found New York’s gambling laws may apply to Kalshi’s sports event contracts.  The ruling may shape how prediction markets face state gambling enforcement. KalshiEX LLC faced a major courtroom setback after U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied its request for a preliminary injunction against New York gambling regulators. The July 7 opinion leaves Kalshi without temporary protection from the New York State Gaming Commission while its lawsuit continues. Judge Torres found that New York’s gambling laws, as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts, were not preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act at this stage. The ruling marks a key moment in the wider prediction market fight over whether event contracts are federally regulated derivatives or state-regulated wagering products. New York Ruling Puts

The post Prediction Market Volume Jumped 75% to $44.8B in June as the World Cup Drove Record Trading appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways Kalshi, Polymarket, and Polymarket U.S. traded a combined $44.8B in June, up 75% from May’s $25.66B. Kalshi took the largest share at $31.5B, roughly 70% of the total, growing 87% month over month. Trading volume is not money staked – contracts are resold repeatedly, so the figure overstates funds at risk. The World Cup-induced growth spurt continues Kalshi, combined with Polymarket’s international platform and its U.S.-regulated exchange, recorded a combined $44.8 billion in monthly trading volume in June. This marks a 75% jump from May’s $25.66 billion, according to The Block’s data dashboard. Kalshi drove most of the increase, growing 87% month over month to $31.5 billion. The main cause of the growth is the FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the U.S., which began on June 11 and quickly became the largest liquidity event the sector has seen

Combined trading volume across the two largest prediction-market platforms surged 75% in June to $44.8 billion, a record for the sector, as the FIFA World Cup pulled a wave of event-contract activity onto Kalshi and Polymarket. The month tested whether prediction-market infrastructure could sustain trading around a single global event – and, by the volume […]