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| 16.10.2025 | Kalshi Commands $5 Billion Valuation, Fuels Global Market Reshaping | Kalshi, the federally regulated event contract exchange, secured $300 million in Series D funding. This catapults its valuation to $5 billion. The capital empowers an ambitious global rollout across 140+ countries. A unified liquidity pool ... |
| 13.10.2025 | Kalshi Raises $300 Million at a $5 Billion Valuation | Kalshi is a federally regulated exchange that provides an institutional-grade platform for event contracts, allowing users to trade directly on the outcome of future events. The company’s goal is to establish event contracts as a new, acces... |
| 12.10.2025 | ICE Drives Into DeFi: $2 Billion Investment Targets Polymarket Data | NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) makes a substantial $2 billion strategic investment in Polymarket, a leading crypto-based prediction market platform. The deal, valuing Polymarket at $8 billion, marks ICE's aggressive entry into e... |
| 10.10.2025 | Kalshi: $300 Million Series D At $5 Billion Valuation Raised For Prediction Market Platform | Kalshi, a regulated prediction market platform, announced it has secured $300 million in a Series D funding round, catapulting its valuation to $5 billion. The funding round was completed in August 2025, and it was led by Sequoia Capital an... |
| 08.10.2025 | Polymarket’s 27-Year-Old Founder Becomes the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire | Shayne Coplan launched Polymarket five years ago. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haddad Media
A few years ago, the concept of a widely successful prediction market seemed little more than a pipe dream, one littered by past failures and mostly... |
| 07.10.2025 | Американский владелец NYSE инвестирует $2 млрд в крипто-платформу ставок Polymarket с оценкой $8 млрд | Владелец Нью-Йоркской фондовой биржи (NYSE) планирует инвестировать до $2 млрд в платформу ставок на основе криптовалюты Polymarket.
Сделка оценивает компанию, позволяющую трейдерам делать ставки на исход реальных событий, таких как выборы ... |
| 07.10.2025 | NYSE-owner Intercontinental Exchange rises after it takes $2 billion stake in Polymarket | The deal values Polymarket at approximately $8 billion, both companies said in a release.
“There are opportunities across markets which ICE together with Polymarket can uniquely serve and we are excited about where this investment can take ... |
| 03.10.2025 |
Why Jim Cramer thinks now could be the time to buy DraftKings even as prediction markets gain traction | Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday explained why he thinks there could be an opportunity to buy DraftKings following the stock’s recent losses.
He said competition from prediction markets isn’t a major threat to ... |
| 02.10.2025 | 5 Things to Know
Berkshire buys OxyChem, EV sales hit records, Amazon’s grocery push and more in Morning Squawk | It is day two of the government shutdown, but don’t expect much progress.
Berkshire Hathaway is buying OxyChem, Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical unit, in a $9.7 billion deal.
The Supreme Court ruled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ca... |
| 01.10.2025 | Prediction markets see government shutdown lasting nearly two weeks | Traders in prediction markets are betting that the U.S. government shutdown could drag on for nearly two weeks, with odds rising that Congress will not reach a deal until at least mid-October.
On Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction mar... |
| 29.09.2025 | Odds of a government shutdown rise to 70% in prediction markets | Prediction markets are pricing in about a 70% chance that the federal government will shut down on Wednesday.
Users on Kalshi and Polymarket increased their bets after the Labor Department said it won’t release Friday’s key jobs report, wat... |
| 29.09.2025 | zerohash: $104 Million At $1 Billion Valuation Series D-2 Raised For Stablecoin Infrastructure Platform | zerohash, a player in the crypto and stablecoin infrastructure sector, has announced a significant new round of funding, raising $104 million in its Series D-2 financing. This investment was led by Interactive Brokers, one of the world’s la... |
| 23.09.2025 | Young adults embrace ‘financial nihilism’ with risky crypto, stock bets as American dream feels unattainable | Young people are pushing typical investing strategies to the side, instead favoring higher-risk alternatives like crypto and meme stocks.
It’s a trend some have dubbed “financial nihilism” and underscores this cohort’s gloomy economic outlo... |
| 12.09.2025 | Massachusetts sues Kalshi alleging illegal sports gambling | Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in state court Friday against Kalshi, alleging the predictions platform offers sports gambling without a license under the guise of events contracts.
In the brief filed with the Suffolk County Superior Court, M... |
| 06.09.2025 | And the next Fed chair is? Trump's short list | And the next Fed chair is? Trump's short list
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| 04.09.2025 | Polymarket receives green signal from CFTC for US return | Polymarket receives green signal from CFTC for US return
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| 04.09.2025 | Sportsbook CEOs expect record level of betting ahead of NFL kickoff | DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said the company is seeing record numbers heading into the kickoff to the NFL — sports betting’s biggest season.
BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt told CNBC that last week was the sportsbook’s best ever in terms of reve... |
| 02.09.2025 | Crypto.com and Underdog partner to offer sports prediction markets | Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com and Underdog Sports, a fantasy sports and gaming company, are partnering to offer sports prediction markets in 16 states.
Underdog is the first sports gaming operator to offer sports prediction tra... |
| 29.08.2025 | Americans expected to bet record $30 billion on the 2025 NFL season legally | Americans are expected to bet a record $30 billion on this year’s NFL season, according to the American Gaming Association.
Sportsbooks FanDuel and DraftKings are getting ready for the biggest opportunity of the year, even as they face grow... |
| 28.08.2025 | El Salvador’s Bukele reacts as $1B Bitcoin holdings bet increases on Kalshi | - |
| 27.08.2025 | Taylor Swift’s engagement is a big enough deal to move these stocks | Taylor Swift’s engagement to football player Travis Kelce drove action in the stock market, prediction betting and on corporate social media accounts.
Swift has been considered an economic engine coming out of the pandemic.
Taylor Swift’s e... |
| 27.08.2025 | Mantic which claims to forecast global events emerges from stealth | A London-based startup, which claims to have developed AI-powered tech which can forecast world events, has come out of stealth, following a $4m pre-seed funding.
Called Mantic, the startup’s pre-seed funding round was led by London-based e... |
| 26.08.2025 | Polymarket secures investment from Trump Jr-backed 1789 Capital | Polymarket said on Tuesday it secured an investment from Donald Trump Jr-backed venture capital firm 1789 Capital, as prediction markets gain traction in the United States.
The Trump brothers, Eric and Donald, have announced a series of new... |
| 22.08.2025 | Here’s what current and former Fed officials are saying about Lisa Cook investigation | Current and former Federal Reserve officials have offered their thoughts about the Trump administration’s recent mortgage fraud allegations toward Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Former Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren told CNBC on Friday that “... |
| 14.08.2025 | 5 Things to Know
September rate cut odds, Goldman’s response to Trump and more in Morning Squawk | It’s looking more and more likely that the Federal Reserve will soon start cutting rates.
President Donald Trump is considering 11 candidates to succeed Jerome Powell after his term expires next year.
Investors are awaiting producer inflati... |
| 13.08.2025 | Odds of Trump tapping David Zervos for Fed chief jump on Kalshi after CNBC report | Users on prediction market Kalshi are upping their bets that Jefferies Chief Market Strategist David Zervos will become the next Federal Reserve chair.
The move comes after sources told CNBC that President Donald Trump is considering 11 can... |
| 07.08.2025 | Prediction markets have a new favorite for the next Fed chair — Christopher Waller | The odds that Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller will be named the next chairman crossed above 50% for the first time on prediction market Kalshi.
Waller’s probability spiked from just about 16% on Wednesday after Bloomberg News re... |
| 06.08.2025 | 5 Things to Know
5 things to know before the Wednesday open: The ‘Kevins’ race | Nvidia’s ‘kill switch’ speculation | Boom times at Mickey D’s | Disney and McDonald’s reported earnings.
President Donald Trump had a wide-ranging interview with CNBC.
Prediction markets see two men leading the race to be the next Federal Reserve chair.
Here are five key things investors need to know to... |
| 05.08.2025 | Prediction markets see Hassett and Warsh as Fed chair front-runners as Trump talks up the ‘Kevins’ | National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, current Fed Governor Christopher Waller and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had all been floated as contenders to lead the central bank.
In a wide-ranging i... |
| 31.07.2025 | The words investors are betting will be said tonight on Apple’s earnings call | Bets from Kalshi users priced in a roughly 90% probability that Apple’s earnings call after the bell Thursday would feature words like “China” and “Tariff,” as well as a more than 50% chance that “Severance” would be mentioned.
Kalshi’s que... |
| 25.07.2025 | Musk’s Grok AI is now on the Kalshi, Polymarket betting apps. What could go wrong? | Elon Musk’s xAI on Thursday announced a partnership to integrate its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with Kalshi’s prediction markets service and also has a deal with Polymarket.
Grok is integrated on both platforms to give users marke... |
| 21.07.2025 | Astronomer CEO’s ‘kiss cam’ controversy sparked over $7 million in prediction markets bets on his ouster | Millions of dollars in bets were placed on prediction markets over Astronomer CEO Andy Byron’s resignation.
Byron was caught on video in an intimate moment with the company’s head of human resources at a Coldplay concert.
Popularity of pred... |
| 20.07.2025 | Mantis VC: $100 Million Third Fund Closed | Mantis VC, a venture capital firm co-founded by Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, members of the musical group The Chainsmokers, has raised $100 million in commitments for its third fund. This amount marks a $20 million increase from the previous... |
| 15.07.2025 | Trump administration ends Polymarket investigations without charges | The Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have ended their investigations of online prediction betting site Polymarket without bringing any charges.
The conclusion of the probes is the latest example of the Trump a... |
| 02.07.2025 | Tesla shares drop on Musk, Trump feud ahead of Q2 deliveries | Tesla shares dropped 7% from Friday’s closing price of $323.63 to the $300.71 close on Tuesday ahead of the company’s second-quarter deliveries report.
Wall Street analysts are expecting Tesla to report deliveries of around 387,000 — a 13% ... |
| 02.07.2025 | Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop | Tesla reported around 384,000 vehicle deliveries in the second quarter, a 14% decline from a year ago and second straight quarterly decline.
Shares of Tesla are down 22% this year as of Wednesday’s close, the worst performance among tech’s ... |
| 26.06.2025 | The Rise of Prediction Markets: Kalshi and Polymarket Battle for Dominance | In the world of finance, the winds of change are blowing. Prediction markets are emerging as a new frontier, where bets on future events can yield profits or losses. Kalshi, a rising star in this space, recently secured $185 million in fund... |
| 26.06.2025 | Kalshi valued at $2 billion in latest funding round, CEO says | Kalshi has raised $185 million in a funding round that values the prediction marketplace at $2 billion, its CEO Tarek Mansour said in a post on X on Wednesday.
The round was led by crypto-focused investor Paradigm, Mansour said. Investment ... |
| 26.06.2025 | Kalshi Raises $185 Million at a $2 Billion Valuation | Listen to this article
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| 26.06.2025 | Kalshi Raises $185 Million and Hits Unicorn Status at a $2 Billion Valuation
Only paid subscribers can comment on this post | Kalshi is a regulated predictions market platform where investors can trade on the outcomes of real-world events. It offers markets across diverse topics, including economics, geopolitics, entertainment, climate, and public health. Unlike t... |
| 25.06.2025 | Prediction market startup Kalshi raises $185M as rival Polymarket closes on $200M round
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| 23.05.2025 | Webull Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results | Total revenues grew 32% year-over-year to $117 million, reflecting strong account and trading volume growth
Customer assets increased 45% year-over-year, driven by increased customer net deposits
Disciplined execution alongside robust reven... |
| 10.05.2025 | Online bettors spent over $40 million gambling on the identity of the next pope—one winner made $52,000 on a longshot | Many people tried to predict who the new pope would be, even putting money on it. Few expected him to be an American from Chicago.
Bettors poured more than $40 million into the most recent papal conclave, on just two prediction market platf... |
| 09.05.2025 | The Tug of War: Crypto Regulation and Trade Talks in Turmoil | In the political arena, the stakes are high. Two major events have recently unfolded, each reflecting the complexities of governance and international relations. The first is the failure of a groundbreaking crypto regulation bill in the Sen... |
| 08.05.2025 | Turbulence in Trump's Health Appointments: The Rise and Fall of Janette Nesheiwat | In the ever-shifting landscape of American politics, few things are as unpredictable as the appointments made by President Donald Trump. The recent withdrawal of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as the nominee for U.S. surgeon general is a case in poi... |
| 08.05.2025 | Crypto regulation bill fails to advance in the Senate | A first-of-its-kind crypto bill failed to advance in the Senate after key Democrats withdrew support.
A landmark crypto regulation package failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday after key Democrats backed out over the weekend.
Dubbed t... |
| 07.05.2025 | Republican candidate in North Carolina Supreme Court race concedes after judge rejects challenge | Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin has conceded the North Carolina state Supreme Court election to Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.
The decision ends months of legal challenges that prolonged the unresolved North Carolina contest since Nov... |
| 07.05.2025 | Trump offers to help resolve conflict between India and Pakistan | President Donald Trump called the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan “terrible.”
India said its armed forces conducted strikes against Pakistan.
The strikes followed a terror attack in Kashmir that claimed 26 lives in late April... |
| 07.05.2025 | Trump pulls surgeon general nominee Janette Nesheiwat after questions about her medical education | President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of former Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as U.S. surgeon general.
The move followed questions about Nesheiwat’s medical education and criticism of her by conservative gadfly... |
| 07.05.2025 | Trump’s ambassador to China sworn in ahead of high-stakes talks in Switzerland | President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to China was sworn in, ahead of the first talks between Washington and Beijing since Trump announced his 145% tariffs.
“Only you could’ve picked this timing,” Trump said from the White House... |
| 06.05.2025 | CFTC Drops Appeal: A New Era for Political Betting in America | The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a significant step by dropping its appeal against KalshiEX, a derivatives trading platform. This decision opens the door for Americans to place bets on political events, a move ... |
| 06.05.2025 | CFTC moves to drop appeal in Kalshi's event contracts case | CFTC moves to drop appeal in Kalshi's event contracts case
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| 06.05.2025 | Trump downplays tariff talks: ‘We don’t have to sign deals’ | “Everyone says, ‘When, when, when are you going to sign deals?’” Trump said during a White House meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
After weeks of saying that countries were asking for bilateral trade talks with the U.S., the... |
| 06.05.2025 | Trump nomination of Ed Martin for top DC federal prosecutor opposed by key Republican | A key Republican senator said he would not support the nomination of Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
The decision by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina deals a potentially fatal... |
| 05.05.2025 | U.S. commodities regulator seeks to drop appeal of Kalshi election bets offers | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to drop its appeal of a federal district court judge’s ruling that had allowed commodities exchange KalshiEx to take bets on political elections.
The CFTC, in a filing at the U.S. Court of Appe... |
| 02.05.2025 | MC EXPLAINER Did Rs 50,000-crore annual trading volume with 5 crore users trigger SEBI’s warning against opinion trading platforms? | Such platforms offer users to bet on various topics including sports, news, politics, climate, economy, finance, and entertainment among other things.
Earlier this week, on April 29, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued ... |
| 03.04.2025 | Job Growth and Tesla's Decline: A Tale of Two Economies | In March 2025, the U.S. job market displayed resilience, adding 155,000 jobs. This figure surpassed expectations and marked a significant rebound from February's revised total of 84,000. The ADP report, a beacon for labor market insights, p... |
| 02.04.2025 | Tesla reports 13% drop in first-quarter vehicle deliveries from a year ago | Tesla reported a drop in vehicle deliveries for the first quarter from a year earlier.
The deliveries and production report lands two days after Tesla’s stock wrapped up its worst quarter since 2022.
During the quarter, Tesla faced waves of... |
| 14.02.2025 | Webull's Bold Moves: Shaping the Future of Trading | Webull is making waves in the investment world. The digital brokerage is not just keeping pace; it’s setting the tempo. With its recent partnership with Kalshi, Webull is stepping into the realm of prediction markets. This move is a game-ch... |
| 12.02.2025 | Webull Connects to Kalshi to Offer Investors Innovative, Prediction Markets | Leading mobile brokerage will launch event contracts, meeting rising demand for the asset class
NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --Webull, a leading digital investment platform, today announced that it has partnered with Kalshi, the fir... |
| 03.02.2025 | Trading touchdowns: Robinhood launches Super Bowl prediction contracts | Trading touchdowns: Robinhood launches Super Bowl prediction contracts
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| 14.01.2025 | Donald Trump Jr. Joins Prediction Market Kalshi as a Strategic Advisor | Trump Jr. will be advising the company on partnerships and go-to-market strategy. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Kalshi, America’s largest prediction market, today announced the onboarding of Donald Trum... |
| 29.12.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: D. Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley: What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer? | By D. Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley
Heading into 2024, we said the U.S. economy would likely continue growing, in spite of pundits’ forecast that a recession would strike. The past year showcased strong economic growth, moderating inflation... |
| 09.11.2024 | The Crypto Crossroads: Dogecoin's Surge and Tether's Bold Moves | The cryptocurrency landscape is a wild ride, filled with peaks and valleys. Recently, two stories have emerged that highlight the volatility and potential of this digital frontier. Dogecoin, the meme-inspired token, has seen a remarkable ra... |
| 05.11.2024 | Cryptoverse: US election speculators play the prediction markets | :Donald Trump is a clear favorite to beat Kamala Harris - that's if you put your faith in prediction markets, the latest frontier for the indefatigable crypto speculator.
On the eve of the U.S. election, billions of crypto dollars are chasi... |
| 05.11.2024 | Dogecoin Rallies 10%, Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $541M Ahead of U.S. Elections | DOGE's increase is largely attributed to a renewed endorsement from Elon Musk linked to his proposal for a "Department of Government Efficiency" (D.O.G.E.).
U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows, with significant ... |
| 04.11.2024 | Cryptoverse: U.S. election speculators play the prediction markets | Future of MoneyRegulatory Oversight
Cryptoverse: U.S. election speculators play the prediction markets
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| 28.10.2024 | Prediction Market Kalshi to Supply Price Data for Crypto Oracle Stork
Sliding Copper-to-Gold Ratio Presents Bitcoin Bear Case | Prediction market platform Kalshi has agreed to supply price feeds to blockchain oracle service Stork.
Initially, the companies expect the data to power perpetual futures contracts tied to prediction markets.
Eventually, Kalshi believes it ... |
| 24.10.2024 | Circle's Allaire: Stablecoins Could Expand by Trillions in 10 Years, Will Be Integral Part of Global Financial System
Stripe Bets Big on Stablecoins with Bridge Buy; Ripple's Larsen Leads Harris Crypt... | Stablecoins could capture 5%-10% share of the global money supply over the next decade, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said.
Next year will be pivotal for stablecoin regulations, Allaire said, anticipating many countries in the G20 group and eme... |
| 21.10.2024 | U.S. Election Betting: Kalshi's Polymarket Rival Quickly Gets Traction
Tesla Is Moving Bitcoin; Trump-Supported Token Falls Flat | This week in prediction markets:
Presidential betting passes $30 million on Kalshi.
Trump name-drops Polymarket – or tried to, anyway.
Arb opportunity? There's a discrepancy between Polymarket's individual swing state markets and a contract... |
| 18.10.2024 | The Battle for Election Betting: Kalshi vs. CFTC | In the ever-evolving landscape of U.S. election betting, a legal showdown is brewing. At the center of this storm is Kalshi, a prediction market platform, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The stakes are high, and th... |
| 18.10.2024 | The Political Pulse: Trump’s Momentum and Market Dynamics | As the U.S. election approaches, the political landscape resembles a high-stakes poker game. The cards are on the table, and Donald Trump is holding a strong hand. Recent data from Kalshi reveals a significant surge in Republican momentum, ... |
| 17.10.2024 | U.S. Election Betting: Federal Court 'Erred' in Letting Kalshi Launch Prediction Markets, CFTC Says
Dragonfly General Partner on Market Volatility: A Buenos Aires Special | A federal judge "erred" in letting prediction market purveyor Kalshi list and trade election contracts, attorneys for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission argued in a brief to an appellate court Wednesday, reiterating man... |
| 17.10.2024 | Kalshi Finds 'Widespread Evidence' of Strong Republican Momentum in U.S. Elections
Dragonfly General Partner on Market Volatility: A Buenos Aires Special | A market research report from Kalshi shows that there's strong Republican momentum going into the last weeks of the campaign.
Meanwhile many are suspicious of the motivation of one of the largest holders of the pro-Trump side on Polymarket'... |
| 17.10.2024 | First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Recedes to $67K as Crypto Market Sees Slight Dip
Uptober Forming Amid Rising Stablecoin Liquidity and Bitcoin Transactions | This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.
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| 30.09.2024 | Trump Inches Closer to Harris on Polymarket as Betting Passes $1 Billion | This week in prediction markets:
$1 billion has been traded on Polymarket's Trump vs. Harris market, with the vice president in the lead.
Market is skeptical bitcoin's rally will last.
"Black Myth: Wukong" was a major hit for Chin... |
| 23.09.2024 | Polymarket Reportedly Seeks $50M in Funding, Mulls Token as Election Bets Surge
Telegram to Provide More User Data to Authorities; Will We See Harris' Crypto Policy Soon? | Riding high on U.S. election betting fever, crypto-based prediction market platform Polymarket is seeking $50 million in fresh funding, according to an article Monday in tech news site The Information.
The New York-based startup is also con... |
| 17.09.2024 | A New Prediction Market Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Round Led by 1confirmation
Macro Impact on Crypto: Fed, China and Global Liquidity | Limitless Labs, a fledgling entrant to the booming prediction market business, raised $3 million in a pre-seed round led by early stage venture fund 1confirmation.
Paper Ventures, Collider and Public Works participated in the round, said CJ... |
| 15.09.2024 | 'An Explosion of Election Gambling' Is Nigh, CFTC Warns Appeals Court | Warning of an imminent "explosion in election gambling," the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked an appeals court to extend the pause on Kalshi's political prediction markets for as long as the agency's appeal is pendi... |
| 09.09.2024 | Kalshi's U.S. Election Markets Delayed Until Friday at Earliest | Kalshi may be basking in the glory of a court victory over regulators, but it will have to wait at least until Friday to list its long-sought prediction markets on the upcoming U.S. election.
On Monday afternoon, Judge Jia Cobb of the U.S. ... |
| 06.09.2024 | Kalshi Cleared to Offer Congressional Prediction Markets in Victory Against CFTC | Kalshi, a U.S.-regulated prediction market platform, won its federal lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over a plan to offer contracts on which party will control each house of Congress after the November election.
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| 26.08.2024 | Did RFK Jr. Really 'Drop Out'? Polymarket Bettors Argue Over Contract Resolution | This week in prediction markets…
Did RFK Jr. really drop out?
How long will Telegram's Pavel Durov be in detention?
Mpox won't be a pandemic this year, bettors say
As last week came to a close, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was putting his ... |
| 05.08.2024 | Harris Likely to Pick Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro for Veep, Prediction Markets Say | This week in prediction markets:
Kamala Harris will likely pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
Harris has gained on Donald Trump on Polymarket but hasn't closed the gap, unlike in polls.
Traders are betting on the Olymp... |
| 23.07.2024 | Prediction markets are starting to take off | - |
| 11.07.2024 | Staked Ether Close to All-Time High as ETF Approval Nears | While the supply of ether is rising, the amount that is staked is close to all-time highs, CryptoQuant data shows.
Polymarket bettors are assigning a 90% chance to an ether exchange-traded fund being approved in the U.S. by July 26, but the... |
| 08.07.2024 | Prediction Markets and Polls Both Got the French Election Wrong | This week in prediction markets:
Nobody could predict France's electoral upset
The market is skeptical that Biden is staying in
Kalshi bettors put ether at $2,630 by year's end
Prediction markets often outperform polls in forecasting electi... |
| 20.05.2024 | Will RFK Jr. Debate Trump or Biden? Probably Not, Prediction Market Says | This week in prediction markets…
Will there be a Biden-Trump-Kennedy debate?
When will OpenAI's Sora launch?
It's gone to the cats
Solana vs. Ethereum: Which chain will earn more in fees?
A presidential debate that includes independent cand... |
| 22.04.2024 | Polymarket Odds Say Columbia University President Will Keep Job | Columbia University president's job is probably safe, Polymarket traders signal.
Taylor Swift's new album is unlikely to break her record, Kalshi odds say.
Traders are betting on a DeFi controversy.
The president of Columbia University is f... |
| 10.04.2024 | America the slot machine | The explosion of legalized gambling has set the stage for a provocative new frontier in the world of risk-taking — betting markets for everyday events, ranging from Taylor Swift streams to hurricanes hitting major U.S. cities.
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| 08.04.2024 | Which Crypto Projects Will Airdrop Next? Prediction Markets Are Placing Bets | Crypto market participants are betting big money on which billion-dollar protocol will next give them token airdrops — a practice that often nets users thousands of dollars worth of new assets.
The “Airdrops by June 30?” market on Polymarke... |
| 25.03.2024 | How Many Years Will SBF Get? Jury's Out on Betting Platform Polymarket | Prediction markets can be silly, but they can be serious, too, as a tool for investors to hedge their exposure to a certain stock or engage in price discovery on the future growth of one given the market success of its products.
In this wee... |
| 18.03.2024 | Nearly $100M Wagered on U.S. Presidential Election on Polymarket | The averages of polls collected by polling aggregator 270toWin show the November race for the U.S. presidency to be fairly competitive. Incumbent Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to be almost neck-in-neck, with Trump enjoyin... |
| 18.03.2024 | Prediction Market Kalshi to Take Bets on Crypto (Settled in Dollars)
The Catalysts for This Crypto Bull Market: AI, DeFi, Real World Assets? | Kalshi will list prediction markets on crypto price outcomes (e.g. "How high will ETH get in 2024?").
The bets will be settled in U.S. dollars, like all others on Kalshi.
Unlike rival Polymarket, Kalshi can do business in the U.S.... |
| 01.02.2024 | Prediction Markets Can Hedge Crypto Startups' Regulatory Risk, Paradigm Says | Paradigm, the venture capital firm led by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, filed a legal brief supporting prediction market platform Kalshi in its suit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
In the case, filed in November,... |
| 09.06.2022 | New Senate crypto bill is only the beginning for an industry seeking clarity | This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to receive future editions.
For months, top executives across crypto, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley have bee... |
| 04.06.2022 | Forecasting, Prediction Markets and the Age of Better Information
What are prediction markets?
Prediction markets today
Prediction markets tomorrow | Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin
The human brain evolved to forecast.
Born into a world o... |
| 28.10.2021 | The CFTC vs. the Truth
Limitations
Unlimited? | The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has neither confirmed nor denied a report that it’s investigating a popular Ethereum-based betting market. But you’re free to place bets on the likelihood of such a probe on the platform ... |
| 28.09.2021 | Solana-Based Prediction Market Uses DeFi Yields to Finance ‘No Loss’ Betting
Making it ‘fun’
Betting on beliefs | Hedgehog Markets, a fledgling blockchain-based prediction market platform, is testing a novel type of wager where bettors have nothing to lose, at least in theory.
Known as “no-loss markets,” these bets combine prediction markets with sever... |
| 23.09.2021 | From Lil Nas X to the climate, Kalshi wants to let investors bet on it all | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.
Wall Street has a new asset to bet on: Lil Nas X’s album.
Or, more specifically, the success of it. Upstart financial exchange Kalshi is givin... |
