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Polymarket

American cryptocurrency-based prediction market

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Prediction Markets (3)
Geopolitical Speculation (1)
Information Flow (1)
Insider Trading (1)
Military Betting (1)
Ethics of Speculation (1)
Ethics in Technology (1)
Media Criticism (1)
Geopolitical Betting (1)
Regulatory Conflict (1)
Financial Innovation (1)
Market Governance (1)

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Polymarket (4) · Prediction markets (2) · Kalshi (2) · US Iran conflict (1) · Insider trading (1) · Financial Times (1) · Blockchain betting (1) · Geopolitical speculation (1) · prediction markets (1) · insider trading (1) · Iran strikes (1) · Khamenei (1) · Chris Murphy (1) · military betting (1) · Prediction Markets (1) · Betting on War (1) · US-Iran Relations (1) · Ethics (1) · Technology (1) · Media Criticism (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 (4)

🇺🇸 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...

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Prediction market · 3 shared articles
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Ali Khamenei · 1 shared articles
Chris Murphy · 1 shared articles
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