{"id":7305,"date":"2025-01-13T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2025-01-13T08:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:19:03","slug":"singapore-blocks-polymarket-following-taiwan-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=7305","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Blocks Polymarket, Following Taiwan and France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Another jurisdiction has Polymarket in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, Singapore&#8217;s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) ordered local internet service providers to block access to the prediction market platform, according to reports from users in the city-state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have attempted to access an illegal gambling site hosted by an unlicensed gambling service provider,&#8221; the announcement reads, warning that those found guilty of gambling with unlicensed service providers are liable for a fine of up to SGD 10,000 ($7200) or a jail sentence of up to 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>The GRA has yet to make a public announcement on the issue, nor have they launched an enforcement action against Polymarket <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gra.gov.sg\/newsroom\/enforcement-actions\" target=\"_blank\">according to a public directory.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan was the first jurisdiction to actively block its nationals from using the prediction market platform, and local law enforcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/news\/5061332\" target=\"_blank\">arrested 17 people<\/a> on the island for betting on its most recent presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2023\/12\/15\/taiwanese-authorities-investigating-blockchain-betters-over-polymarket-election-contract-report\" target=\"_blank\">Local Taiwanese election law<\/a> specifically prohibits betting on the outcome of elections.<\/p>\n<p>Polymarket has also been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2024\/11\/22\/polymarket-blocks-french-users-amid-gambling-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\">target of gaming authorities<\/a> in France, and has blocked users in the country from accessing the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2025\/01\/09\/polymarket-s-customer-data-sought-by-cftc-subpoena-of-coinbase-source-says\" target=\"_blank\">subpoenaed Coinbase<\/a> looking for information about U.S. nationals trading on Polymarket as part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2024\/11\/13\/fbi-reportedly-raids-polymarket-ceos-home\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another jurisdiction has Polymarket in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, Singapore&#8217;s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) ordered local internet service providers to block access to the prediction market platform, according to reports from users in the city-state. &#8220;You have attempted to access an illegal gambling site hosted by an unlicensed gambling service provider,&#8221; the announcement reads, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-7305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}