Polymarket
Senate Democrats push prediction market limits, including banning bets on war, death
One Senate Democrat's bill would write the prohibition into federal law even as the CFTC shifts toward a more permissive stance on event contracts.
Polymarket and Palantir team to protect integrity of sports betting as prediction markets face key moment
The new monitoring platform aims to detect suspicious trading as prediction markets face scrutiny over insider information.
Nasdaq teams with Kraken to bring stocks on-chain
Nasdaq announced that it's teaming up with Kraken to distribute one-to-one tokenized versions of public company stocks to customers in Europe and other international markets. Holders would retain the same governance rights as traditional shareholders, including voting and dividends. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
Kalshi, Polymarket seeking $20 billion valuations in fundraising talks: WSJ
Kalshi, approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was last valued at $11 billion, while Polymarket was valued at $9 billion.
Polymarket shelves nuclear detonation markets after outcry
Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren’t new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.
Suspected insiders make over $1.2 million on Polymarket by betting on U.S.'s Iran strike
The strikes caused bitcoin’s price to fall and oil futures on Hyperliquid to rise over the regional conflict’s consequences.
Polymarket users profit from ZachXBT's investigation
After blockchain sleuth ZachXBT teased an investigation into a crypto firm, insiders seemingly bet heavily on Axiom before the news broke. With wallets netting 7x returns and Axiom admitting they were contacted beforehand, did the subjects of the investigation profit from their own exposure? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
Prediction market firms could be making $10 billion in yearly revenue by 2030, Citizens Bank says
The bank said rising volumes, tighter market structure and early institutional engagement are pushing prediction markets beyond their gambling roots toward a new asset class.
Polymarket bettors put $3 million on which crypto firm ZachXBT will expose next
Solana app Meteora leads the odds at 43% after the blockchain investigator teased a "major" insider-trading probe set for release on Wednesday.
CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.
