30 Demokrat Partai Demokrat AS Dorong Larangan Pasar Prediksi? Skandal Perdagangan Dalam Polymarket Memicu Badai Regulasi

【Block Rhythm】Prediction markets are in trouble again. A group of Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress has decided to regulate this uncharted territory of prediction markets—including some well-known political figures, 30 people jointly support a new bill with the core goal of prohibiting elected officials from gambling on politics-related bets on prediction markets.

How did this become such a big issue? The origin is an account on Polymarket—someone placed massive bets on the arrest of Venezuela’s former president, and actually made $400,000. Sounds a bit terrifying, doesn’t it? The market immediately erupted, with insider trading suspicions surfacing.

To plug this loophole, New York State Representative Rich Torres officially submitted the “Financial Prediction Markets Public Integrity Act of 2026” on Friday. The name itself sounds very serious—the bill’s starting point is actually quite simple, just wanting to ensure officials don’t use inside information to make money on prediction markets.

This move reflects a reality: although prediction markets sound cutting-edge, the risks from regulatory gaps are quite significant. Looking at this Polymarket incident, without clear rules and constraints, information asymmetry advantages are indeed easily exploited. How things develop next depends on how the U.S. Congress balances innovation and risk.