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Polymarket

American cryptocurrency-based prediction market

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Prediction Markets (8)
Sports Betting (4)
Geopolitics (2)
Insider Trading (2)
Regulatory Conflict (2)
Financial Regulation (1)
Finance (1)
Technology (1)
Conspiracy Theories (1)
Government regulation (1)
Financial ethics (1)
Congressional oversight (1)

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Polymarket is a global cryptocurrency-based prediction market, headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Launched in 2020, it offers a platform where individuals can place bets on future outcomes, including sports matches, economic indicators, weather patterns, awards, and political and legislative outcomes. Participants can deposit USDC cryptocurrency through the Polygon blockchain network and trade shares that represent the likelihood of specific future outcomes.

📰 Related News (28)

🇺🇸 Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers (2026-04-10)
Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anony...
🇺🇸 Prediction markets are back in the spotlight, this time because of the war in Iran (2026-04-09)
Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything - from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the...
🇺🇸 Polymarket removes wagers on U.S. service member rescue mission in Iran (2026-04-04)
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., called the market "DISGUSTING" and said bettors were wagering on whether American troops would be saved....
🇺🇸 Insider trading or random guy? It doesn’t matter to Polymarket (2026-04-02)
In mid-March, conspiracy theories swirled claiming Benjamin Netanyahu had been replaced by an AI clone. Though there was no actual proof that the Isra...
🇺🇸 As hoops betting spikes, it's New Hampshire and other states vs. prediction markets (2026-04-02)
In New Hampshire and states with legalized sports gambling, wagering helps fund government services. But now competitors like Kalshi and Polymarket ar...
🇬🇧 Polymarket and other prediction platforms driving oil market, traders say (2026-04-02)
Datafeeds from platforms being used to create algorithms that determine multimillion-dollar trades on global marketEnergy traders say online...
🇺🇸 Rep. Seth Moulton bans staff from using prediction markets like Kalshi, Polymarket (2026-03-25)
Congressional lawmakers are ramping up efforts to rein-in prediction markets....
🇬🇧 Kalshi and Polymarket ban insider trading as senators look to curb prediction markets (2026-03-24)
Top prediction market sites usher in new guardrails after senators introduced bill that could limit booming industry<a href="https://www.the...
🇺🇸 Kalshi, Polymarket roll out new insider trading bans (2026-03-24)
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are rolling out new insider trading bans, the companies said Monday. Kalshi in its announcement said that it ...
🇺🇸 Kalshi and Polymarket place new bans on insider trading as senators move to curb prediction markets (2026-03-24)
Kalshi and Polymarket are tightening their rules on insider trading as Congress appears to be moving closer to cracking down on prediction markets...
🇺🇸 Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund (2026-03-23)
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category....
🇺🇸 Polymarket buckles down on insider trading after suspiciously timed bets (2026-03-23)
Polymarket tightened its rules after questions surfaced over whether some prediction market customers engaged in insider trading....
🇺🇸 Bipartisan bill seeks to ban sports betting on Kalshi and Polymarket (2026-03-23)
Since FanDuel and DraftKings are subject to state-by-state gambling laws, rather than federal law, they would not be impacted by the bill....
🇺🇸 Polymarket’s Coming-Out Party in Washington Was a Disaster (2026-03-23)
At the Polymarket pop-up in DC, attendees were supposed to be able to bet on geopolitical crises in real time with their friends. That didn’t happen....
🇺🇸 D.C. Polymarket’s bar falls victim to power issues in botched opening (2026-03-21)
At Polymarket's Washington pop-up bar, attendees found it difficult to “monitor the situation” without any monitors....
🇺🇸 Polymarket Says It Deals in Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods (2026-03-20)
A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts....
🇺🇸 MLB strikes deals with Polymarket, federal watchdog as prediction markets boom (2026-03-19)
Major League Baseball (MLB) is jumping into the prediction market frenzy with an exclusive business partnership with Polymarket and an agreement with ...
🇺🇸 Major League Baseball names Polymarket exclusive prediction market partner (2026-03-19)
Major League Baseball is partnering with Polymarket to offer exclusive rights and data....
🇺🇸 Polymarket and Kalshi Got the Oscars About 80 Percent Right (2026-03-16)
The predictions markets got the same five categories (of 24) wrong....
🇺🇸 Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything (2026-03-14)
Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn't shocking given the way ...
🇺🇸 Chalamet or Jordan? Oscars Betting Becoming a $100 Million-Plus Business With Kalshi and Polymarket (2026-03-13)
Timothée Chalamet was the overwhelming favorite to win the best actor Oscar until about two weeks ago, when Michael B. Jordan won SAG’s Actor Award. S...
🇺🇸 Yardeni raises meltdown odds as Polymarket now sees 37% U.S. recession risk (2026-03-09)
🇺🇸 The Kalshi and Polymarket CEO feud: They hate each other (2026-03-06)
The 20-something billionaires who run Kalshi and Polymarket are battling it out to be the top prediction market company. Observers and former insiders...
🇺🇸 Trump regulator splits GOP with prediction market fight (2026-03-05)
The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between prediction markets and state regulators seeking to enforce gambling laws within their bo...
🇺🇸 Polymarket users won big with unusual bets on US attack on Iran (2026-03-03)
FT analysis identifies 12 accounts on platform that made large well-timed wagers just ahead of start of conflict...
🇺🇸 Wagers draw scrutiny after Iran strikes: "Insider trading," senator says (2026-03-02)
Lawmakers are raising concerns that prediction market users are engaging in insider trading to wager on U.S. military actions....
🇺🇸 Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’ (2026-02-28)
Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it's actually happened and people have died, the...
🇺🇸 Trump administration backs Kalshi and Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets (2026-02-17)
The Trump administration is throwing its support behind the prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a critical legal battle between the g...