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According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA (BO3) - LCK Round 1-2", the "yes" option in the sub-market "both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market event "LoL: LNG Esports vs LGD Gaming (BO3) - LPL Group Nirvana" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both Teams Slay a Dragon" has experienced significant fluctuations in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: paiN vs FUT Esports (BO3) - IEM Atlanta Group A," the "Match Winner" sub-market option "paiN" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win probability, dropping from 44% an hour ago to the current 25% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: B8 vs BC.Game Esports (BO3) - IEM Atlanta Group A," the "Odd" option in the sub-market "Odd/Even Total Kills" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the regulatory agency is communicating with all major professional sports leagues in the United States to strengthen the regulatory framework for sports-related prediction markets and to prevent insider trading and market manipulation risks.Michael Selig revealed at the FINRA annual meeting in Washington that the CFTC had previously signed a memorandum of understanding for information sharing with Major League Baseball, marking its first formal data collaboration mechanism with a professional sports league.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "LoL: Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA (BO3) - Esports World Cup Korea Qualifiers Playoffs" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "yes" option in the sub-market "both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "LoL: Top Esports vs Pajama Ninjas (BO3) - LPL Group Advancement" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Any Player Quadra Kill" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 75.5% (a fluctuation of 25.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "LoL: BNK FEARX vs T1 (BO3) - Esports World Cup Korea Qualifiers Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Any Player Pentakill" has experienced a sharp fluctuation, dropping from 47.55% an hour ago to the current 24.35% (a fluctuation of 23.2%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

The digital asset trading platform Gate has announced the completion of a new round of feature upgrades for its prediction market, optimizing multiple modules such as the search system, leaderboard, event classification, and sports gameplay around hot topic discovery, strategy trading, and user interaction efficiency.In this upgrade, Gate has added intelligent search and a "Live & Hot" section, supporting fuzzy keyword matching, hot event recommendations, and real-time hot topic aggregation, helping users discover trading opportunities more efficiently. The platform has also launched a secondary classification system and a "Breaking News" section, covering hot content such as major news, sports events, and cryptocurrency market fluctuations. In the sports prediction market, Gate has introduced derivative gameplay such as point spreads and totals, and optimized the interaction for quick ordering and score selection, further enhancing the trading experience. Additionally, the platform has officially launched a prediction market leaderboard, covering multiple dimensions such as profit and loss, trading volume, and highest profit, strengthening strategy discovery and trading social attributes.Currently, Gate's prediction market has deeply integrated with the Polymarket ecosystem, allowing users to directly access the Polymarket page through the Alpha section on the Gate App homepage and participate in event predictions using USDT in their accounts, further lowering the participation threshold and operational complexity. With a convenient entry point and continuously growing user activity, Gate's performance in the Polymarket partnership channel remains leading, currently ranking in the top three.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "LoL: Kiwoom DRX vs Hanwha Life Esports (BO3) - LCK Round 1-2" on Polymarket, the win rate of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "LoL: Karmine Corp vs G2 Esports (BO3) - LEC Regular Season" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 89.95% (a fluctuation of 39.95%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "LoL: Ultra Prime vs LNG Esports (BO3) - LPL Group Rebirth" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Both teams kill Baron Nashor" has experienced a sharp fluctuation, dropping from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 22.5% (a fluctuation of 28%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The sports AI intelligent infrastructure platform Sportix announced the completion of a $3.2 million financing round. This round of financing was participated in by institutions such as Coinvestor Ventures, Animoca Brands, Becker Ventures, X21 Digital, and Alpha Capital.It is reported that Sportix is an intelligent platform built around sports events and athletes, aiming to integrate real-time data, AI predictive models, and market infrastructure into a unified ecosystem, providing users with structured and actionable sports intelligence.The funds from this financing round will be directly used to deepen the research and development of its AI aggregation engine, enhance the accuracy of MIE and PIS, and expand the scale of B2B APIs to empower a broader sports data ecosystem.

According to a joint report by Bitget Wallet and Polymarket, Polymarket's trading volume in March reached $25.7 billion. Research based on 1.29 million active wallets in the first quarter of 2026 shows that 82.3% of users had trading volumes below $10,000, indicating that the platform is dominated by retail users. The average number of active days per user increased from 2.5 days to 9.9 days, and the average number of trading categories per user expanded from 1.45 to 2.34.Sports became the largest category in the first quarter, with a trading volume of $10.1 billion; the political category generated $5 billion in trading volume, of which geopolitical events accounted for $2.41 billion; the crypto category accounted for about 40% of new users' early activities, serving as a primary entry point. The report defines this trend as a shift driven by behavior rather than capital, with users visiting more frequently and rotating among multiple categories. The industry predicts that by the end of 2026, the annual trading volume will reach $240 billion, with a long-term goal of $1 trillion.

Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart posted on X platform that the total transaction volume of Kalshi and Polymarket is nearly equal, both around $12 billion (the former at $12.29 billion and the latter at $12.22 billion). Excluding sports-related transactions, Polymarket's non-sports category transaction volume is $7.5 billion, while Kalshi is only $1.6 billion.Despite the positioning differences between the two in the prediction market, it is strange that they are still classified in the same category.

According to Hong Kong Radio, the Hong Kong government has decided to stop promoting basketball gambling projects. The Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs, Mak Mei-juan, stated in an interview with this station that the information collected by the authorities shows that the "prediction market" has developed rapidly in recent years, with monthly trading volume increasing from less than $100 million two years ago to over $13 billion last year, of which nearly 40% of the transactions are related to sports. The authorities are concerned that if new gambling projects are promoted at this time, it will lead to greater public concern and even participation in illegal gambling in the "prediction market." Therefore, it is believed that research should be conducted first before deciding on the next steps, and the promotion of new gambling projects should be halted for now.Mak Mei-juan stated that the existing regulated gambling projects have established a more mature monitoring and management system, which can help control risks. However, due to the uncertainty of the "prediction market," as a responsible government, there is a need to conduct research to understand the impact of the "prediction market" and its prevalence in Hong Kong. She also mentioned that the government has always maintained close contact with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, as the club has a rigorous monitoring system to oversee illegal gambling situations, and there are experts specifically targeting the fight against illegal gambling. The government will cooperate with the Jockey Club to obtain professional advice, allowing the authorities to implement measures specifically aimed at illegal gambling.Mak Mei-juan reiterated that the government's consistent policy is not to encourage gambling, and betting on sports projects in the "prediction market" is considered illegal gambling. The authorities will strengthen public education to help citizens understand the harms of gambling and refrain from participating in illegal gambling.

Sport315 announced that it has officially become a co-organizer of the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" forum, jointly hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData.It is reported that the forum will be held on April 19, 2026, from 14:00 to 18:00 at The Executive Centre in Hong Kong. At that time, Sport315 will share on-site practical experiences of the integration of SportFi and the smart economy in the era of AI Agents.It is reported that Sport315 is positioned as a blockchain-based SportFi infrastructure, aiming to put sports predictions and value mechanisms on-chain, turning each user's judgment of game results into a recordable and settleable on-chain asset behavior.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice submitted documents to a federal court on Tuesday, requesting to block Arizona from applying its gambling laws to the prediction market operator Kalshi.Federal regulators argue that contracts linked to sports events, elections, and other real-world events fall under a financial derivative known as "swaps," which should be subject to federal regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act, rather than governed by state gambling laws. Arizona had previously filed criminal charges against Kalshi under state gambling laws, with a hearing scheduled for April 13.The federal appeals court in New Jersey had previously ruled in favor of Kalshi, determining that its sports contracts are presumed legal under federal law in the absence of CFTC intervention, but courts in other jurisdictions have allowed state-level enforcement actions to proceed. If the court ultimately accepts the CFTC's position, prediction markets could operate nationwide under a unified federal framework.

According to The Block, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kalshi's provision of sports-related event contracts in New Jersey is not subject to state gambling regulations, confirming the priority of federal oversight.The court ruled 2-1 that trading on designated contract markets (DCM) regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) falls under federal exclusive jurisdiction, and New Jersey does not have the authority to block the provision of related products.This case originated from Kalshi's lawsuit after receiving "cease and desist" orders from multiple states. New Jersey claimed that it violated state gambling laws, but the court found that the Commodity Exchange Act clearly grants the CFTC exclusive regulatory authority over related trading. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour called the ruling a "significant victory" and stated that prediction markets offer greater transparency and fairness.

Shanghai officially issued the "Several Measures to Support the Development of the Game and E-sports Industry in Shanghai" (referred to as "Game Shanghai Ten Measures"), which points out that it will support game and e-sports companies in the research and application of technologies such as AI large models, blockchain, big data, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, as well as terminal devices and game development engines, 3D modeling software, and other basic game development tools.Actively promote the application of blockchain technology in areas such as copyright registration, rights protection, transactions, and settlement, and encourage game companies to establish partnerships with electronic device manufacturers to explore more possibilities for multi-terminal development of games.