Policy Event Β· High impact

House Oversight Opens Kalshi And Polymarket Insider Trading Probe

The U.S. House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into whether Kalshi and Polymarket users can trade prediction contracts using non-public information. The inquiry moves prediction-market scrutiny into market-integrity controls, surveillance and insider-information governance.

High impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesRegulationEnforcementExchangePolymarketKalshiHouse Oversight CommitteeJames Comer

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: Polymarket, Kalshi, House Oversight Committee, James Comer. 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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