Betting


Mercados

Bettors Lose Millions Predicting the New Pope as Polymarket Edge Fizzles Out

The event throws into question the perceived heightened accuracy of betting markets like Poymarket over conventional polls.

Cardinals

Mercados

Polymarket Bettors Punt $1.1B on Superbowl Results, Despite Regulatory Overhang

The Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl, but the Kansas City Chiefs were the early favorite on Polymarket.

A football placed on a field. (Dave Adamson/Unsplash)

Tecnologia

Coinbase-Backed Vega Gets Into Prediction-Market Race, Chasing Polymarket

A major upgrade to Vega's blockchain and decentralized perpetuals exchange will allow users to bet on the outcomes of future events.

The rise of blockchain-based prediction markets has turned clairvoyance into a gambling activity. (Tomasz Lusiak/Creative Commons)

Tecnologia

Crypto VC Paradigm Invests in MetaDAO as Prediction Markets Boom

MetaDAO, a Solana experiment in governance by "futarchy," raised a total of $2.2 million to fund operations.

Sporting a black hoodie, the pseudonymous coder known as Proph3t works in a Salt Lake City hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Crypto Bettors Lay 17% Odds on Donald Trump in Jail Before Election Day

Gamblers have placed almost $900,000 in bets on the “Trump in jail before election day?” market on the predictions application Polymarket.

(Shaleah Craighead/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

MOON Holder Makes 550% on Predictions Platform Polymarket as Bitcoin Moves Above $50K

The trader had bought the Yes side shares of the now-expired Polymarket-based betting contract "Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?"

Bitcoin could hit a new record high in two months. (Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash)

Mercados

'Deniers Are Crypto's Flat Earthers' as Markets Flash 83% Odds of Bitcoin ETF Approval

The popular Polymarket market bet “Bitcoin ETF approved by Jan 15?” has attracted almost $1 million in volume from hundreds of users.

Speculators are overwhelmingly betting on bitcoin ETF approval by Jan. 15. (Pixabay)

Tecnologia

Rollbit Recorded $38M in September Betting Revenues, RLB Token Climbs

Over 1.2% of the token’s supply was destroyed, a co-founder said.

Crypto casino Stake hit by $45 million exploit. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

Política

After GOP Debate, Blockchain Bettors See Ramaswamy as Most Formidable Trump Challenger

Betting lines didn’t change much as a result of Wednesday’s debate, but the Bitcoin-friendly entrepreneur has edged out Florida governor Ron DeSantis this past week in the GOP’s race for second place.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

Política

CFTC to Review Prediction Market Kalshi’s Contracts to Bet on Control of Congress

The U.S. derivatives regulator has scheduled a June 26 meeting to discuss starting another review to evaluate whether to approve Kalshi’s event contracts.

Kalshi will have a prediction contract weighed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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