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Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps
CoinDeskThursday, September 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Crypto
- Regions
- Europe
- Market relevance
- High
- Why it matters
- Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk. ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws. Watch liquidity and volatility around Europe and Polymarket — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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What happened
ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
CoinDesk reported on this under crypto. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
CoinDesk published: Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps
Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.
Economic impact
Watch liquidity and volatility around Europe and Polymarket — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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