Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Prediction markets have gone mainstream. And the regulatory frameworks and compliance considerations are developing very quickly.

In this episode, we discuss:
- Why prediction markets are about information, not always gambling
- The difference between traders and watchers, and why both matter
- Whether insider trading should be allowed in prediction markets
- How blockchain transparency makes market surveillance a shared effort
- Why sports are a smaller share of the market than most people assume
- Why event-based markets may attract far more institutional players
- How regulatory clarity from the CFTC could reshape the sector
- Why prediction markets may be an antidote to online misinformation
- How existing derivatives rules can regulate prediction markets
- What the industry needs to prove to earn long-term staying power