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Kalshi, Polymarket Founders Back New Prediction Market VC Fund
A new $35 million venture fund, 5c(c) Capital, backed by prediction-market rivals Kalshi and Polymarket and top VCs, signals growing institutional confidence in regulated betting exchanges.
Polymarket’s Latest Pop-Up Is a Sports Bar for Watching the News
Prediction platform Polymarket is courting Washington with a pop-up “Situation Room” bar even as US lawmakers and regulators move to clamp down on the controversial betting industry.
Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket
MLB is partnering with Polymarket and the CFTC to engage prediction markets while trying to guard against game manipulation.
How ‘Irrelevant’ Prediction Market Detail Led to Death Threats
Fast-growing prediction markets are exposing a core weakness as disputed contracts and after-the-fact trading create incentives to distort information and intimidate reporters.
SEC, CFTC Move to Define Which Digital Assets are Securities
US securities and derivatives regulators jointly issued long-awaited crypto asset guidance, narrowing what counts as a security and signaling they’ll move ahead without waiting for Congress.
Polymarket Five-Minute Bets Capture ‘Addictive’ Crypto Craze
Ultra-short-term crypto prediction markets are booming as five-minute bets surge in volume, concentrating profits among algorithmic traders and raising new speed and fairness concerns.
Why Prediction Market?
Prediction markets are not just platforms for trading; they are real-time engines of collective intelligence. Unlike traditional static reports or polls, a prediction market is a continuous forecasting model where probabilities shift instantly as new information surfaces. When opinions are priced, the future stops being a guess and becomes
Women Wanted: Kalshi Pushes to Expand Far Beyond Sport Bets
Prediction market platform Kalshi is pushing beyond male-dominated sports betting to court women with pop culture and politics wagers, aiming to broaden growth and reduce legal vulnerability.
