Polymarket’s fees over the past week reached $9.8 million, a record high

Encourage innovation! U.S. judges ban Arizona state regulation of prediction markets, and halt the prosecution of Kalshi

A U.S. federal district court ruled that Arizona is barred from using its gambling laws to prosecute prediction market platform Kalshi, finding that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction. The ruling affects the boundary between state and federal authority over financial market regulation, and Kalshi insists that its business is a financial product rather than traditional gambling. Courts in different states have reached different decisions regarding prediction markets, and the Trump family has also expressed support for prediction markets.

Gate Stock Zone launches 5 Pre-IPO perpetual contracts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others on April 13, offering 1–10x leverage trading

Gate News message, according to a Gate official announcement on April 13, 2026 The Gate Stock Trading Zone will be available for the pre-market trading of five USDT-settled perpetual contract order books—OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, ANDURIL, KALSHI, and POLYMARKET—starting on April 13, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8). It supports 1x to 10x leverage for long and short positions. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that has developed products such as ChatGPT and DALL·E. It is currently in the Pre-IPO stage. Anthropic is a large-model company founded by former core members of OpenAI, focusing on secure and reliable AI. Anduril Industries is an AI and autonomous defense technology company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus. Kalshi is a prediction market exchange regulated by the U.S. CFTC. Polymarket is the world’s largest decentralized prediction market. All contracts calculate prices using a valuation unit of $1 billion. For example, when a company’s valuation is $800 billion, the unit price is $800.

Polymarket high-win-rate account buys $58k in wagers betting on BLG to beat JDG

The message says that on April 13, a certain account placed a win bet of about $58k on Bilibili Gaming in the League of Legends esports World Cup China qualifiers, with a win rate of over 77%. Bilibili Gaming has been in good form recently, while JD Gaming has performed poorly; the winner will have a chance to advance to the main esports World Cup event.

A massive whale has accumulated purchases of $527k to bet on the downfall of the Iranian regime by June 30, and is now down $345k

A whale-sized investor was already down $345k when betting that the Iranian regime would collapse on June 30, and the prior investment also failed. The market’s judgment rules are strict, and only under specific conditions is a regime collapse recognized; ordinary regime change is not considered.

Gate Daily Report (April 13): The CFTC seeks “exclusive regulatory authority” for prediction markets; the FBI report says crypto fraud losses totaled 113.6 billion.

Bitcoin has pulled back from its peak to $71,110. The chair of the U.S. CFTC said it will defend its regulatory authority over prediction markets. An FBI report shows that in 2025, losses from cryptocurrency fraud reached $11.36 billion, with seniors hit the hardest. The market is optimistic in the short term, but you should be mindful of the impact of oil prices and monetary policy.