Wall Street Journal:
Sources: In recent months, U.S. authorities have made several requests for information from Kalshi and Polymarket, many of which were related to betting on events in Iran and Venezuela.— Regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket on betting related to political events and military operations.
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