A Democratic Congressman had Strong criticism of Polymarket To allow users to place bets on the date when the United States will confirm the rescue of Air Force service members killed in Iran. In a social media post On Friday, Representative Seth Moulton wrote, “They could be your neighbors, friends, family members. And people are…
Prediction platform Polymarket is on a partnership spree – a trend that continued this week, including a new deal involving Major League Baseball. mlb announced it on thursday PolyMarket will be its official prediction market partner, a designation that will allow the site to gain exclusive access to official league data as well as use…
Forecast market users have placed big bets around the bombing of Iran by US and Israeli forces and profited from them. On Polymarket, $529 million was traded on contracts linked to the time of the attack, according to bloomberg. An analysis by analytics firm BubbleMaps SA found that six newly created accounts made a $1…
OpenAI has fired an employee over the company’s activity on prediction markets, including PolyMarkets Confirmed with Wired. The company alleges that the employee used confidential OpenAI information in connection with the transaction. OpenAI did not release the name of the employee. However, a spokesperson said such actions violated a company policy that prohibits employees from…
Prediction market Kalshi, which allows people to bet on future events, announced It raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation on Tuesday, TechCrunch confirmed. Scoop from last month, The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital G and other existing backers. The latest…
