*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION – EMBARGOED TILL 5AM ET APRIL 30 **** XO Market is betting that the future of prediction markets won’t be dictated by centralized teams deciding what people can trade on, but by users themselves. The startup, which just closed a $6… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a master sergeant with the Army on allegations he placed wagers on the raid of Nicolas Maduro ahead of participating in the operation to detain former Venezuelan leader. The DOJ unsealed an indictment Thursday charging Gannon Ken Van Dyke… Read More
Polymarket has removed a betting market tied to the rescue of U.S. service members in Iran, after intense backlash and criticism from lawmakers this weekend. The market allowed users to wager on when the U.S. would confirm the rescue of two airmen after an F-15E… Read More
It took Polymarket less than 24 hours to turn a Middle Eastern war into a trading floor. Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran Saturday, the prediction market has seen a flood of new contracts covering everything from ceasefire timelines to whether the… Read More
Solana-based decentralized excange Jupiter said it will bring Polymarket to the network for the first time, rolling out an integration that it pitched as a push to make Jupiter a fuller on-chain predictions hub. “For the first time, Polymarket is coming to Solana. On Jupiter,”… Read More
The U.S. government is set to partially shut down at midnight, despite the Senate voting in favor of a funding package intended to keep the government running — showing the importance of specificity in prediction market contracts. The House of Representatives is out of session… Read More
