{"id":15989,"date":"2025-09-13T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=15989"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:35:30","slug":"kashi-takes-a-stand-battling-for-prediction-markets-in-light-of-recent-legal-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/kashi-takes-a-stand-battling-for-prediction-markets-in-light-of-recent-legal-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashi Takes a Stand: Battling for Prediction Markets in Light of Recent Legal Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prediction market platform Kalshi has pledged to contest a new lawsuit from the US state of Massachusetts, which claims the company is providing unlicensed sports wagering to its residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take pride in being the entity that has pioneered this technology and are prepared to defend it once more in a judicial setting,\u201d a representative from Kalshi informed Cointelegraph on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrediction markets represent a vital innovation of the 21st century, and every American should have the opportunity to access them,\u201d Kalshi remarked.<\/p>\n

Kalshi is ready to combat amidst additional legal hurdles<\/h2>\n

The civil suit, submitted<\/a> on Friday by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Suffolk County Superior Court, contended that Kalshi conceals sports wagering as \u201cevent contracts\u201d and breaches the state\u2019s stringent gambling statutes. <\/p>\n

Source: <\/em>Dustin Gouker<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cKalshi is infringing upon the Commonwealth\u2019s stringent sports wagering laws and regulations by providing unlicensed sports wagering to residents of Massachusetts,\u201d the filing asserted.<\/p>\n

It further claimed that by May 2025, over three-quarters of Kalshi\u2019s trading activity derives from sports \u2014 a more substantial proportion, the filing noted, than industry leaders DraftKings or FanDuel.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Kalshi representative stated that Massachusetts\u2019s regulators opted for legal action instead of directly addressing the issue:<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of engaging in discussions with Kalshi, as many other states have chosen to do, Massachusetts is attempting to stifle Kalshi\u2019s innovations by adhering to antiquated laws and concepts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kalshi asserts that it is overseen by the CFTC<\/h2>\n

Kalshi has previously maintained that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) supervises it federally and does not fall under state gambling authority.<\/p>\n

It has received<\/a> cease-and-desist directives from multiple states, including Arizona, Montana, Ohio, and Illinois.<\/p>\n

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This situation arises as blockchain-driven prediction market Polymarket is reportedly preparing to debut in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to sources familiar with the discussions, Business Insider reported<\/a> on Friday that Polymarket is considering re-entering the US while seeking new investment that could more than triple its June valuation of $1 billion. One investor appraised the company at as much as $10 billion.<\/p>\n

This follows just days after Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan stated<\/a> in an X post on Sept. 4 that \u201cPolymarket has been authorized to launch in the USA by the CFTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStay tuned,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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