diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md b/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af3c84620 --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/kris-mayes.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Kris Mayes + +**Type:** person +**Status:** active +**Domain:** internet-finance + +## Overview + +Kris Mayes is the Attorney General of Arizona who filed the first-ever criminal prosecution of a prediction market platform. + +## Timeline + +- **2026-03-17** — Filed 20 criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business and unlawfully allowing people to place bets on elections +- **2026-04-10** — Arizona's scheduled arraignment of Kalshi blocked by federal TRO at CFTC's request \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md b/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md index c1a9ef57c..008e7d14f 100644 --- a/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md +++ b/entities/internet-finance/michael-selig.md @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ## Overview -CFTC Chair as of April 2026. +Michael Selig is the Chair of the CFTC under the Trump administration who requested federal court intervention to block state criminal prosecution of CFTC-regulated prediction market Kalshi. ## Timeline -- **2026-04-07** — Received letter from seven House Democrats demanding CFTC enforce existing rules prohibiting terrorism, assassination, and war event contracts on offshore prediction markets; response requested by April 15, 2026 \ No newline at end of file +- **2026-04-10** — As CFTC Chair, requested and obtained Temporary Restraining Order from federal district court blocking Arizona's criminal prosecution of Kalshi \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md similarity index 97% rename from inbox/queue/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md rename to inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md index 403aa43c2..feaf1a760 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md +++ b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-coindesk-arizona-kalshi-criminal-case-blocked.md @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ date: 2026-04-10 domain: internet-finance secondary_domains: [] format: article -status: unprocessed +status: processed +processed_by: rio +processed_date: 2026-04-12 priority: high tags: [prediction-markets, regulatory, kalshi, arizona, preemption, cftc, criminal-charges] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" --- ## Content diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md similarity index 97% rename from inbox/queue/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md rename to inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md index c810c18e6..4f54f352a 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md +++ b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-10-fortune-prediction-markets-gambling-addiction.md @@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ date: 2026-04-10 domain: internet-finance secondary_domains: [health] format: article -status: unprocessed +status: processed +processed_by: rio +processed_date: 2026-04-12 priority: medium tags: [prediction-markets, gambling-addiction, young-men, social-harm, public-health, kalshi, polymarket] flagged_for_vida: ["prediction market gambling addiction in young men ages 18-30 is a public health concern with documented case increases — may intersect with Vida's health/flourishing domain"] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" --- ## Content diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md similarity index 97% rename from inbox/queue/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md rename to inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md index 37a9dfd30..699c43431 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md +++ b/inbox/archive/internet-finance/2026-04-12-mcai-ninth-circuit-kalshi-april16-oral-argument.md @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ date: 2026-04-12 domain: internet-finance secondary_domains: [] format: article -status: unprocessed +status: processed +processed_by: rio +processed_date: 2026-04-12 priority: high tags: [prediction-markets, kalshi, 9th-circuit, oral-argument, nevada, preemption, robinhood, crypto-com] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" --- ## Content