The NBA currently has no clear regulatory guidelines for on-chain prediction platforms; "Greek Freak" becoming a Kalshi shareholder may be a gray area
BlockBeats News, February 7, according to The New York Times, since on-chain prediction platforms are an emerging field and the NBA currently has no clear regulatory guidelines, this area remains a gray zone. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver now faces a major challenge: whether it is a violation for players to turn their own transfers into financial products.
It is reported that Giannis Antetokounmpo, also known as "the Greek Freak," specifically announced his investment in the sports prediction platform Kalshi Sports after the NBA trade deadline had passed. At this time, all betting markets had been settled, thereby avoiding direct compliance scrutiny during the trading period. On Kalshi, the betting volume on whether Giannis would leave before the deadline reached as high as $23.31 million, while the Milwaukee Bucks announced just hours before the deadline that they would not trade Giannis this season.
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