Global marketsUpdated November 9

Warren reportedly eyes prediction-market rules.

Prediction markets are now on the agenda of the senator poised to lead the Senate Banking Committee. An aide to Elizabeth Warren told CNBC, speaking anonymously about an agenda that has not yet been announced, that pushing regulations for the sector is among Warren’s priorities for the Congress convening in January. The aide said Warren wants to end what they described as the market’s “Wild West-style” lack of oversight. Warren is set to take over the committee in January. There’s already a concrete sign of her interest: Warren and Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis wrote to Kalshi and Polymarket seeking information about safeguards around election-related markets.

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