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HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts

Number of new online accounts on Polymarket platform betting a total of $70,000 suggest ‘some degree of inside info’

The Guardian - UK

Move to ban sports betting on prediction sites sees bipartisan support

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The Independent UK

Senators want to ban sports betting on prediction sites like Polymarket and Kalshi: report

Sens. Adam Schiff and John Curtis want to prevent the apps from allowing sports betting as the practice becomes more integrated in professional leagues

The Independent UK

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Early Kalshi employees raising up to $35 million for a prediction market VC fund with backing from the CEOs of both Kalshi and Polymarket

Other investors include Marc Andreessen through the fund Moneta Luna and Micky Malka of the fintech investment firm Ribbit Capital.

Fortune

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Reason

Trump impeachment odds soar to record high 69% on popular online betting platform

This figure has steadily risen over time, growing from 33 percent the week after the election to 59 percent after his inauguration

The Independent UK

Kalshi locks in $22 billion valuation, gaining slight edge over its fierce rival Polymarket

The startup has doubled its valuation in about two months.

Fortune

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Polymarket Bar Is Coming to D.C.: “A sports bar for situation monitoring”

What could possibly go wrong?

The Mary Sue

$200 Billion War?

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Reason

'A month ago, no one would have believed this': June Fed rate hike odds just surpassed rate cut odds as stagflation fears grow

The Atlanta Fed’s Market Probability Tracker places the odds of a rate hike at about 15% within the next three months.

Fortune

MLB partners with Polymarket, makes integrity pact with federal commission on prediction markets

Major League Baseball is entering an official partnership with Polymarket and has an agreement with the federal commission overseeing prediction markets to collaborate on integrity concerns

The Independent UK

Mick Mulvaney: Stop calling it a 'prediction market.' It’s sports betting

The former White House chief of staff says it's time to call the illegal gambling operation, run through a regulatory backdoor, what it really is.

Fortune

Exclusive: Polymarket acquires the startup Brahma, in effort to scale its crypto and DeFi infrastructure.

The startup aims to help the prediction market platform become one of the biggest consumer-facing crypto companies.

Fortune

Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story

Emanuel Fabian says his routine report became focus of wager with $23m at stake on online prediction platform

The Guardian - UK

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Scott Galloway wants the stock market to crash. Gen Z is already betting like it will

The NYU professor's SXSW broadside explained the prediction market boom—and "financial nihilism"—better than any economist has.

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A $14M Polymarket bet came down to one journalist’s report, but the losing side tracked down his parents’ address to force a correction

Gamblers didn’t take the loss lightly.

International Business Times UK

Why Prediction Market Kalshi Refused to Pay Out $54 Million Following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Death

Kalshi is under fire for not paying out $54 million to traders who bet on Ayatollah Khamenei's removal, raising questions about prediction market rules.

Fortune

Betting on 5-minute swings on Bitcoin price are the hot new thing on prediction markets

As Kalshi and Polymarket balloon in popularity, so too do quick-hit bets on crypto.

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Palantir Is Now a Sports Betting Stock. Does That Make PLTR a Buy Here?

Palantir still looks like a richly valued core AI infrastructure name where the sports-betting angle is a nice add-on — worth holding or buying on pullbacks, but not chasing blindly at more than 150 times forward earnings.

The Independent UK

Utah’s anti-gambling tradition meets Kalshi and Polymarket in a new legal fight

Utah has found itself at the forefront of a states' rights battle between itself and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket

The Independent UK

Betting markets have a new favorite for the 2028 presidential election

Questions are mounting about who could run for the White House in 2028

Fortune

Polymarket taps Palantir AI to police sports betting before it's too late

The move is a reversal of the company’s previous stance that the platform could self-police.

The Guardian - US

MLS’s Polymarket deal looks even worse after players’ gambling bans

With its credibility swaying in the wake of a betting scandal, the very last thing the league needed was to be in business with a prediction platform

The Independent UK

Oil prices latest: UK inflation forecast to spike amid fears Iran war could trigger new cost of living crisis

Price of oil has surged since US and Israel launched airstrikes towards Iran 10 days ago

The Conversation

Gamblers can now bet on the outcome of wars – and that’s a problem

The growing threat of conflict in the Middle East last week prompted a flood of activity in a little-known area of betting: prediction markets in which users can bet on a particular military action.

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