Policy Event Β· High impact

Baltimore Sues Kalshi And Polymarket Over Sports Prediction Markets

Baltimore filed lawsuits alleging Kalshi and Polymarket offered unlicensed sports wagering and misled consumers about prediction-market legality. The action extends event-contract scrutiny from federal market structure into local licensing and consumer-protection enforcement.

High impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesEnforcementLicensingKalshiPolymarketBaltimore City

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. Named institutions or platforms: Kalshi, Polymarket, Baltimore City. 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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Washington Court Orders Kalshi To Curtail Event Contracts

A King County Superior Court final order requires Kalshi to stop offering or facilitating multiple event-contract categories in Washington and implement geofencing controls. The order shows state gambling and consumer-protection rules can constrain prediction markets even when products are framed as federally regulated event contracts.

High impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesEnforcementRegulation