Policy Event Β· Medium impact

US Prediction Market Bills Target Insider Trading: Polymarket Updates Rules

Second Senate bill targets prediction market insider trading as platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket face potential CFTC scrutiny. Polymarket updated its trading rules on March 23, 2026 to ban use of confidential information. APAC prediction market operators monitoring developments for regulatory precedent.

Medium impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesπŸ‡­πŸ‡° Hong KongπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ SingaporeRegulationDeFiETH

APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: ETH. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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