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By Bruce Buterin
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Breaking From Europe's Crackdown Trend. The timing is worth noting. Across mainland Europe, the regulatory mood around prediction markets…
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What the Framework Actually Does. The framework separates prediction market activity from traditional gambling law, which matters…
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Gibraltar just did something no other jurisdiction has done. The British Overseas Territory enacted what it calls the world's first dedicated regulatory framework specifically…
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That's a big deal. Prediction markets have spent years operating in a legal gray zone across most of the world, often lumped in with sports betting or casino gambling despite…
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The timing is worth noting. Across mainland Europe, the regulatory mood around prediction markets is pretty much the opposite of what Gibraltar is doing.
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Gibraltar went the other way. The new framework carves out a distinct legal category for prediction markets — separate from broader gambling statutes — and sets up a structured…
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It's a calculated bet. Gibraltar has a history of moving fast on financial innovation — it was one of the first jurisdictions to regulate distributed ledger technology businesses…
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That probably makes Gibraltar more attractive to operators who've been shopping for a home base.
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And it's not just operators who benefit. Investors backing prediction market startups now have a clearer picture of what a compliant operation looks like, at least in one corner…
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Whether other jurisdictions follow is unclear. Gibraltar is small — it's a British Overseas Territory with a population of around 34,000 — and its regulatory decisions don't…
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The harder question is balance. Prediction markets are genuinely useful as forecasting tools, but they can also attract manipulation, and the line between a sophisticated…
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See also: FCA Expands Secondary Markets Advisory Committee to 27 Members Across Key Trading Venues
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No specific operator names or licensing details came with the announcement, so it's unclear yet who's first in line to apply.
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What's clear is that Gibraltar moved first. The rulebook exists. The rest of the world is still arguing about whether one should.
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