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The report says CFTC prediction-market reward programs are under investigation, Kalshi has hit the brakes, and Polymarket maintains liquidity through substantial spending.
Kalshi hits the brakes as regulators scrutinize user trading incentives in prediction markets CFTC Investigation into prediction-market reward programs; Polymarket reportedly spends millions daily USD to maintain liquidity, potentially facing a regulatory storm over wash trading and fraudulent trading.
Source: https://www.panewslab.com/zh/articles/01a0fc41-bfa9-71aa-bf19-733142a170cd
The headline says Kalshi has “hit the brakes.”
The article states that CFTC prediction-market reward programs are under investigation.
The article states that Polymarket spends millions daily USD to maintain liquidity.
The article states that the conduct concerned may face regulatory risks involving wash trading and fraudulent trading.
The following is analysis, separate from reported facts. Verify important claims independently.
Prediction-market platforms may encourage user trading and maintain market liquidity through rewards or capital expenditures. This report says regulators are examining such reward programs and suggests these practices may involve wash trading or fraudulent trading, but the original article provides no investigation documents or platform responses.
If trading incentives are subject to regulatory scrutiny, prediction-market platforms’ reward mechanisms and liquidity-maintenance measures may be affected; the original article does not specify the actual impact or outcome.
Beginners should regard this as a regulatory-risk signal that has not been sufficiently substantiated, and should not infer from this report alone that the platforms have violated the law or that the investigation has reached a conclusion.
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