{"id":671987,"date":"2026-10-16T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=856525"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:35:58","slug":"taiwan-blocks-coinbase-and-kalshi-over-bets-on-its-november-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/taiwan-blocks-coinbase-and-kalshi-over-bets-on-its-november-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Blocks Coinbase and Kalshi Over Bets on Its November Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/taiwan-blocks-coinbase-and-kalshi-over-bets-on-its-november-elections-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Colorful Taiwanese flags and red lanterns adorn an alley in New Taipei City, Taiwan, creating a festive atmosphere.\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Taiwan has blocked the websites of Coinbase and Kalshi under a court order sought by police investigating election betting, six weeks before the island\u2019s Nov. 28 local elections. Kalshi\u2019s own member agreement already bars Taiwanese users, yet it lists markets on the races. A Criminal Court Order Six Weeks Before the Vote Coinbase\u2019s website has [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan has blocked the websites of Coinbase and Kalshi under a court order sought by police investigating election betting, six weeks before the island\u2019s Nov. 28 local elections. Kalshi\u2019s own member agreement already bars Taiwanese users, yet it lists markets on the races. A Criminal Court Order Six Weeks Before the Vote Coinbase\u2019s website has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-671987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}