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By Dan Saada
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How Gemini Got Here. The regulatory groundwork took a while. Back in December 2025, the US Commodity Futures Trading…
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Kalshi's Court Loss Hangs Over the Whole Industry. None of this is happening in a clean legal environment. Far from it.
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What the Apex Network Actually Means. Scale matters in prediction markets, maybe more than in traditional asset classes.
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Gemini just locked in a deal that could reshape how everyday brokerage clients access crypto prediction markets.
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The arrangement is pretty specific in what it covers. Under the letter of intent, Gemini Titan becomes the sole platform for crypto event contracts offered by brokerage firms…
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Gemini didn't build this from scratch overnight.
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The regulatory groundwork took a while. Back in December 2025, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Gemini to operate as a designated contract market — a…
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And there's already a working relationship between the two firms. Apex Clearing has been handling custody and clearing for Gemini's zero-commission US equities offering since July.
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That existing stock-trading tie-up matters more than it might seem. Building new financial infrastructure between two firms takes time, legal work, and operational testing.
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A Washington state judge recently ordered Kalshi — one of Gemini's main competitors in the event-contract space — to stop offering a wide range of event contracts in the state.
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For Gemini, the timing is awkward. The Apex deal is still non-binding. Final agreements aren't done.
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But Gemini's in-house clearing approval and its CFTC designated contract market status do give it a stronger compliance argument than some competitors might have.
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Scale matters in prediction markets, maybe more than in traditional asset classes. Event contracts are kind of worthless without liquidity, and liquidity needs participants.
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Becoming the exclusive regulated venue through Apex's FCM is the key phrase. Exclusive. That cuts out rivals from the same distribution channel — at least for as long as the…
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