Prediction Markets

Prediction Markets

Finance

Polymarket Introduces New Information Markets After CFTC Fine, but Not for US Traders

The decentralized predictions marketplace received a $1.4 million fine from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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Markets

‘Wen Token?’: Polymarket’s New Airdrop Futures Market Has Answers

Speculators can now bet on whether big-name crypto projects will airdrop a native token in Q1 2022.

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Policy

The CFTC vs. the Truth

If Polymarket can crowdsource a more accurate rendering of reality, then shouldn’t the greatest number of people be able to access it?

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Finance

Largest DeFi Prediction Market Polymarket Said to Be Under Investigation by CFTC: Report

The report of the probe comes as the company is said to be in talks to raise money at a nearly $1 billion valuation.

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Markets

Solana-Based Prediction Market Uses DeFi Yields to Finance ‘No Loss’ Betting

Hedgehog’s experimental wagers combine prediction markets with stablecoins, decentralized finance and gamification.

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Markets

How the Prediction Markets Are Wagering on Canada’s Election

The odds favor a Trudeau reelection but not a Liberal majority, according to prices on blockchain-based Polymarket and centralized platform PredictIt.

Erin O'Toole, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, left, debates Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a federal leaders' debate in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. It will be a tight race between Prime Minister Trudeau and Tory Leader O'Toole as the campaigns enter the final stretch ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, which the Liberals triggered in hopes of regaining the parliamentary majority they lost in 2019's election. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Hedgehog Markets Raises $3.5M in Funding Round

The company is testing what will be the first predictions platform on Solana's blockchain.

Hedgehog is the latest dapp to build on Solana.

Markets

Market Opens Betting That Cardano Won't Release Smart Contracts by Oct. 1

The odds are 63-37 against, according to recent trading levels on Polymarket.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

Policy

Prediction Markets Put Eric Adams' NYC Mayoral Bid at 50-50 After 'Dummy Ballot' Snafu

Uncertainty following the Board of Elections' removal of 135,000 ballots has sunk Eric Adams' chances on PredictIt and Polymarket.

Eric Adams