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America's new love affair with gambling drives Kalshi to $871 million haul on Super Bowl Sunday

Days before the Super Bowl, Michael Lewis warned that sports gambling is "especially predatory toward young men."

Fortune

Gamblers Placing Bets on $2K Tariff Dividend Check — What Are the Odds?

Prediction markets grow as Americans bet on politics, policy and economy. Meanwhile, odds of Trump’s proposed tariff dividend checks remain low across platforms

GOBankingRates

‘We all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting trust

The Bucks star has become a shareholder in one of the world’s largest prediction markets. It only ushers the NBA further into the fetid swamp of sports betting

The Guardian - US

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How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files

To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are.

Reason

Mamdani takes sardonic view of Polymarket’s ‘free grocery store’ stunt in New York

Cryptocurrency-based prediction market announced it would open store in apparent nod to mayor’s signature policy

The Guardian - US

The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could

Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-long history of food charity.

Reason

Kalshi gave away $50 in free groceries for 3 hours in New York City. A line 4 blocks long full of students and people on food stamps formed

“They’re helping the community,” 28-year-old Kayla told Fortune. “So even if they’re also hurting the community, it kind of balances out.”

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Kairos, which is building a cross-platform tool for professional prediction markets traders, raises $2.5 million from a16z crypto

The startup’s platform will display bets from Kalshi and Polymarket.

Fortune

Trevor Noah’s Bizarre Grammys Statement Sparks Wild Theories

“I wonder how much Polymarket paid him for this,” a user wrote.

Bored Panda

Prediction markets have a fake news problem

Polymarket's social media accounts are pumping out false and misleading claims to millions of people online.

Axios

On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand?

The prediction market’s disciples and CEO believe its an unbiased way of knowing the future. But experts warn users could reshape the world to win big

The Guardian - US

Betting on politics is the new game: More than $200M on wagers increases fears of insider trading

Many of the bets, which have been criticized as unethical, revolve around the actions of the US and Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Inside the world of Rick Rieder, the $2.3 trillion insomniac who might soon run the Fed

Rick Rieder oversees roughly $2.3 trillion in fixed income at BlackRock. His obsession with risk has made him a market legend—and a surprise Fed chair contender.

Fortune

Kristi Noem sees odds of being fired spike on Polymarket in wake of Alex Pretti shooting

Homeland Security secretary sparked fury by claiming against all visible evidence that Pretti had ‘violently’ attacked federal agents in Minneapolis

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Prediction markets can take bets on outlandish events that ‘get laundered into legitimacy,’ Gen Z’s favorite economic commentator warns

“Legitimacy increasingly flows to whoever processes uncertainty first. Markets have optimized for speed. Democracy has been designed for deliberation.”

Axios

Americans are now betting on winter storm totals on Polymarket and Kalshi

A winter storm is expected to disrupt the U.S. this weekend — and some people could make a few extra bucks.

MarketBeat

ICE vs Coinbase: The Race for Dominance in a 24/7 Market

Intercontinental Exchange and Coinbase are aggressively building the infrastructure required to dominate the emerging era of continuous global asset trading.

Fortune

Wall Street is once again banking on the TACO trade because they've been 'burned' by believing Trump before

At the time of writing, only 17% of Polymarket bettors believe all the tariffs Trump has threatened against Europe will go into effect on Feb. 1. A further minority of 40% believe any tariffs will go into effect in a fortnight’s time.

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International Business Times UK

Suspicious Polymarket Bet Sparks Fears of US Strike on Iran

A sudden spike in Polymarket bets on a US strike against Iran sparks fear and speculation of insider knowledge, unsettling markets worldwide.

The Independent UK

Crypto betting site Polymarket under fire for taking direct wagers on wars

In recent weeks the popular crypto-based betting market has added multiple contracts that allow users to gamble on potential geopolitical events

Pedestrian.tv

All The Golden Globes BTS Tea, From Celebs Breaking Rules To Kylie Jenner’s Name Card

Go behind the 2026 Golden Globes telecast for all the off-camera chaos: backstage fires, missing awards & Swift-adjacent drama,

Fortune

An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers

One congressman wants to pass a bill that would ban government employees from insider trading on prediction markets. But is it enough?

The Independent UK

A huge bet payout after Maduro’s capture turns spotlight on murky world of prediction markets

The commercial use of prediction markets has skyrocketed in recent years

The Conversation

How markets have cashed in on Maduro’s capture in Venezuela – and why it’s raising questions

On January 3, the world watched in disbelief as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, was captured by US forces. It was a dramatic geopolitical event that would reverberate not just in Washington and Caracas, but deep into global financial markets.

The Independent UK

Bets are flooding into Polymarket on which country Trump could attack next

It comes after one trader won more than $400,000 with a wager that Nicolas Maduro would be ousted as leader of Venezuela

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