Tagged: prediction markets

November 29, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly introducing a futures and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, deepening our investment in Prediction Markets and better positioning us to deliver various products to our customers. JB Mackenzie, VP and General Manager of Futures and International at Robinhood said that they… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket, which claims to be one the world’s largest prediction markets, has recently announced that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Amended Order of Designation, permitting Polymarket to operate an intermediated trading platform subject to the full set of requirements “applicable… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kalshi, one of the fast-growing prediction market platforms that allows users to wager on the outcomes of real-world events, has reportedly acquired $1 billion in new funding at a valuation of $11 billion. This, according to recent media reports that referenced a source claiming to… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FanDuel, the online gaming firm in North America, part of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT), and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s derivatives marketplace, unveiled that they will launch prediction markets via the FanDuel Predicts app that will expand access to financial markets for clients in… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Polymarket has announced new partnerships in recent days, including a deal to provide data for Yahoo Finance, a popular investment news and information platform, as well as UFC and Zuffa Boxing. The deal with Yahoo includes a new, exclusive prediction markets hub that will bring… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced that it will make prediction markets available on Truth Social via an arrangement with Crypto.com | Derivatives… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Hockey League (NHL) has forged multi-year US focused partnerships with prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, designating both as official prediction market partners. Announced recently, this marks the first such collaboration between a major American professional sports league and these innovative firms, signaling a… Read More

October 14, 2025 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pyth Network, a provider of institutional market data, announced its partnership with Kalshi, the U.S. federally regulated event-exchange platform, to deliver its prediction market information across 100+ blockchains. This reportedly marks the first time regulated event data will be streamed onchain at scale, allowing web3… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Co-founder Tarek Mansour noted that Kalshi recently raised $300M+ at a $5B valuation, led by Sequoia and a16z. Since then, he claims that they have grown more than 3x, reached $50B of annualized volume, and became the largest prediction market in the world. And now,… Read More

September 21, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Augur, a platform that has been known for enabling decentralized prediction markets, appears to be undergoing a significant reboot (or at least planning or considering it at the moment). Launched in 2014 by the Forecast Foundation on the Ethereum blockchain, Augur has long been known… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stocktwits, an online hub for investors and traders, has teamed up with Polymarket, a prediction marketplace for participants to invest on potential events. Announced on September 15, 2025, this alliance introduces earnings-related markets directly into the Stocktwits ecosystem, aiming to provide users with insights into market… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against prediction market Kalshi last week, alleging the platform was conducting illegal sports betting. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell stated that sports wagering comes with significant risk and must be strictly regulated by the state to mitigate… Read More

September 14, 2025 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the ecosystem of decentralized finance and event-based trading, decentralized prediction markets platforms are capturing investor attention with potential fundraising plans. Reports indicate that Polymarket, a blockchain-driven prediction market, is exploring a new capital infusion that could peg its worth at between $9 billion and… Read More

September 6, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform, has reached a significant milestone by recording an all-time high in new markets created, signaling growth and increasing user engagement. In August 2025, the platform saw the creation of 13,800 new markets, surpassing the previous record set in July… Read More

June 26, 2025 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Popular prediction market Kalshi has raised $185 million at a $2  billion valuation after a “breakout year.” The  prediction market said the Series C funding round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia, Multicoin, Neo, BOND Capital, Citadel Securities CEO Peng Zhao, and other… Read More

June 22, 2025 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the global energy market is bracing for potential upheaval. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is referencing Polymarket to assess the probability of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for oil shipments. Approximately 30% of the world’s oil… Read More

June 4, 2025 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prediction markets have emerged as a novel asset class where investors may “bet” on the outcome of events. While somewhat similar to traditional securities markets, these platforms are not regulated by securities regulators but fall under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More

March 20, 2025 @ 4:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood  (NASDAQ: HOOD) has announced a new business segment with the launch of a prediction markets hub. The new vertical is operated by Robinhood Derivatives. The hub will enable trading on contracts for what the upper bound of the target Fed funds rate may be… Read More

February 22, 2025 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prediction markets, led by Polymarket, are becoming known for their ability to cut through “bias, misinformation, and noise”—offering real-time, skin-in-the-game predictions that are more “reliable, wide-ranging, and decentralized.” As prediction markets grow in popularity, we need oracles that are more adept at “verifying natural language… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Tokyo University of Science in Japan shares that a recent “breakthrough” will improve AI applications in finance, weather forecasting, and speech recognition. The innovation involves reservoir computing (RC). Researchers Dr. Masanobu Inubushi and Ms. Akane Ohkubo at the university have developed a “novel readout… Read More