{
  "id": 9113299,
  "title": "Polymarket wants to be regulated as financial services business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/polymarket-wants-to-be-regulated-as-financial-services-business",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:34:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://www.hedgeweek.com/polymarket-wants-to-be-regulated-as-financial-services-business/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prediction markets platform Polymarket is lobbying regulators in the UK and European Union to classify its contracts as financial products rather than gambling instruments, a move that could determine how widely it can expand across European markets, according to a report by the Financial Times.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}