Chris Gerlacher

Trump’s third week in office included votes that moved his most controversial Cabinet picks closer to their final Senate votes....

On Friday, CFTC-regulated prediction market Kalshi submitted a filing to offer event contracts on sports games. Its previous contracts were...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk retweeted Kalshi’s prediction market forecasting the amount of government spending Trump and Musk would cut in...

On Tuesday, reports surfaced that Trump was preparing an executive order to close the Department of Education. The planned order...

On the Thursday before Christmas, when finance regulators were on holiday, Crypto.com broke the fuzzy line between finance and gambling....

Prediction markets bill themselves as neutral alternatives to political pundits, and the RFK confirmation battle seems to bear the markets...

On the Tuesday before the Super Bowl, the CFTC asked Robinhood to pause trading on its sports event contracts. Robinhood...

On Tuesday, Trump’s 10% tariffs against China’s goods went into effect. Before China, Trump threatened tariffs against Colombia, Mexico, and...

President Trump’s second week saw new nominees confirmed and others grilled even by members of his own party. Trump also...

On Thursday, Jan. 30, Interactive Brokers listed election contracts on the 2028 U.S. elections. The markets include the party of...