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Wall Street and established financial firms are quickly increasing their interest and exposure in prediction market investments.

New research reveals retail traders underperform prediction markets far worse than traditional sportsbooks, with median losses hitting 8% as sharp professionals feast on smaller accounts.

In a landmark move, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan have joined forces to back 5c(c) Capital, a new $35 million VC fund dedicated to prediction market infrastructure.

Political traders are flooding prediction markets with bets on every classic Trump line expected at tonight’s NRCC President’s Dinner, turning the speech into a live, high-stakes spectacle of political theater.

Prediction market traders are betting millions that tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will remain severely disrupted for months, signaling prolonged turmoil for global oil supplies and energy prices.

As geopolitical tensions flare, prediction markets explode with over $100 million wagered on US-Iran escalation timelines, Kharg Island control shifts, and oil surging past $100—traders betting big on war’s next move.

Major League Baseball has named Polymarket its exclusive prediction market partner in a landmark 2026 agreement. The deal grants logo rights, data access, and enhanced integrity safeguards with the CFTC.

Polymarket prepares to launch the Situation Room, the world’s first dedicated prediction market sports bar, where patrons can monitor live real-time odds across multiple screens while enjoying drinks and conversation.

Israeli journalist Emanuel Fabian received death threats from prediction market bettors after his reporting on an Iranian missile strike swayed a $14 million betting pool. The platform condemned the harassment.

A Buenos Aires court has ordered a nationwide ban on a prominent prediction platform, compelling telecom providers, Google, and Apple to block access citing unregulated gambling and inadequate consumer safeguards.