FOIA docs: the CFTC launched at least three previously unreported investigations into Polymarket trading, including about Google's 2025 Year in Search Ranking (Kate Knibbs/Wired)

The CFTC has opened at least three previously undisclosed investigations into Polymarket’s trading activity, one of which focuses on bets tied to Google’s 2025 “Year in Search” ranking. The agency’s filings reveal that regulators are probing potential market manipulation and compliance violations related to these prediction-market contracts.