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Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Illinois Ruling on Sports Contracts

  • —Court found state licensing rules likely conflict with federal derivatives law
  • —Transaction fee question left unresolved
  • —Parties ordered to propose injunction terms
Why it matters: The precedent will determine whether states can block crypto prediction platforms, a key issue for Kalshi, Coinbase and the broader prediction-market sector.
Source: The Defiant