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NBC News Top Stories | Polymarket tries to show it can play by the rules by Rob Wile AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Polymarket is attempting to prove its compliance after a special‑forces soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, was arrested for allegedly using classified information about the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to win roughly $440,000 on the platform; the case, coming four years after Polymarket paid $1.4 million to settle with regulators and banned U.S. users, highlights growing scrutiny from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Justice Department over insider‑trading risks in prediction markets. Founder Shayne Coplan said the company flagged the suspicious activity, referred it to authorities, and will continue to crack down on illicit bets, while experts note the platform’s offshore structure and public trade data create a legal gray area that regulators are increasingly targeting. Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/polymarket-regulators-insider-trading-rcna341928 #Polymarket #NicolásMaduro #ShayneCoplan #CFTC #Bidenadministration #GannonKenVanDyke AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Trump’s Personal Vendetta Now Costing America $1 Billion by Catherine Bouris Kevin Lamarque/ReutersThe Trump administration will pay an energy company almost $1 billion to not build offshore wind farms in the U.S. as part of the president’s vendetta against clean energy. Reversing a deal made during the Biden administration, the White House will pay TotalEnergies $928 million to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the coast of New York and North Carolina, reimbursing the French multinational the amount it paid for the leases during Biden’s presidency. TotalEnergies will then invest the reimbursed funds in oil and gas projects in the U.S., including a facility in Texas, and pledge to increase oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-personal-vendetta-now-costing-america-1-billion/ #trumpadministration #bidenadministration