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Nicaragua has intensified a crackdown on dissent by revoking legal licenses for hundreds of lawyers and eroding the independence of the judiciary, according to UN experts and multiple outlets. The government has not commented. The move widens a pattern of restricting NGOs, churches, and independent groups since protests in 2018.
Michael Burry has built positions in Flutter and DraftKings, arguing regulation and taxation will force prediction markets to fit under broader rules. He says the market is in a regulatory loophole and will be subsumed by tighter oversight as enforcement rises.