Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket anticipate a slew of wins for crypto in 2025.
In so doing, Polymarket's founder demonstrated a real-world consumer use case for crypto, earning him a spot on CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024 list.
The new ban means French traders can no longer access the crypto powered prediction markets juggernaut.
Plus: the market is not confident if Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as Trump's attorney general.
A week after the election, crypto sentiment remains strong. Polymarket, bitcoin and a possibly more efficient and crypto-positive government are all tailwinds to look forward to.
What can offshore crypto companies practically do to stop Americans from accessing their services – and what do regulators expect them to do?
Polymarket’s CEO Shayne Coplan believes the recent FBI raid and seizure of his devices may have political motives. On Nov. 13, Coplan took to X to express disappointment at the action, suggesting the current administration was making last-minute efforts to target firms linked to political opposition. He emphasized that Polymarket operates as a non-partisan platform, […]
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FBI agents conducted a raid on the Manhattan apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan early Wednesday morning, just a week after the election-betting platform accurately predicted Donald Trump’s victory. Political Allegations Surround Polymarket According to a report by the New York Post, Coplan was awakened at 6 am by law enforcement who demanded his phone […]
The decentralized betting platform CEO was reportedly targeted in an FBI raid, which saw his phone and electronics seized.
Shayne Coplan's prediction market saw enormous activity leading up to the U.S. presidential election.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin proposes “info finance” as a pioneering framework to harness blockchain and AI for factual insights.
This week’s Crypto Biz features Polymarket, BlackRock’s IBIT hitting $1B volume, Meta’s Llama joining the US military, Bitcoin miners posting production records in October and VanEck listing PYTH ETN.
The U.S.'s Republican Party seems set to keep control of the House of Representatives, completing its trifecta after flipping the Senate and White House in the 2024 election cycle — confirming odds on betting site Polymarket.
The scrutiny comes after a French national profited handsomely on the platform by placing large bets on Trump winning the U.S. election
The prediction market has listed contracts for betting on events including a prospective Trump impeachment.
France’s gambling regulator confirmed that it’s currently examining Polymarket and its compliance with French gambling legislation.
The President-Elect promised pardons for the protestors and to commute Ulbricht's sentence when he was on the campaign trail.
If the prediction market's traders are right – and lately, they've been right – the election results are even more bullish for crypto than they appear.
The $3.6 billion contract closed Wednesday morning as the Associated Press, Fox and NBC declared the election for Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The five largest Trump bettors could stand to win a combined $81 million in profit.
Tuesday night was a shocker if you only watched CNN. But not if you'd looked at the betting all along.
Polymarket dominates with around $3.3 billion in betting volumes tied to the outcome of the US presidential race.
The manipulation narrative is an attempt by mainstream media to discredit Polymarket’s election odds and control the narrative, one expert said.
How will Polymarket and Kalshi resolve their presidential bets if there's another Jan. 6 or Bush v. Gore situation?
Polymarket data showed four accounts reportedly controlled by French national ‘Théo’ bet roughly $38 million for Donald Trump to win the US Electoral College and the popular vote.
The US-based prediction market is vying to catch up with industry leader Polymarket.
At current prices, a $10,000 punt on Harris could equal a $25,000 payout if she wins the U.S. presidential election.
The final stretch of the U.S. presidential election is keeping traders on their toes, with BTC and Trump Polymarket odds taking a small hit.
According to the current Polymarket presidential election odds, Donald Trump is favored to win the election at 65.5%.
As much as a third of the prediction market's volume is inflated by traders buying and selling the same shares repeatedly, Fortune reported, citing blockchain researchers. They could be doing it to farm a future airdropped token.