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Polymarket and Kalshi Open Trading on Chris Martin’s World Cup Final Halftime Show

Polymarket and Kalshi Open Trading on Chris Martin’s World Cup Final Halftime Show

Polymarket and Kalshi have opened markets on the World Cup Final halftime show. The volume won't match the Super Bowl, b...

By Alex Smith 1 week ago 4 min read
Markets Buck Texas Senate Polls, Favor Paxton and GOP Edge

Markets Buck Texas Senate Polls, Favor Paxton and GOP Edge

The Texas Republican Senate race has done what prediction markets love. It has flipped and then flipped again, turning a...

By Alex Smith 1 week ago 5 min read
Responsible Trading Takes Center Stage as Prediction Market Safeguards Advance

Responsible Trading Takes Center Stage as Prediction Market Safeguards Advance

The rapid rise of prediction markets has pushed a new class of event-based trading platforms into the spotlight, with bi...

By Alex Smith 1 week ago 11 min read
Markets Favor El-Sayed in Michigan Democratic Senate Primary as Polls Stay Split

Markets Favor El-Sayed in Michigan Democratic Senate Primary as Polls Stay Split

The Michigan 2026 Democratic Senate race is a textbook case of prediction markets trading a different narrative than the...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 4 min read
Out from the Shadows - Synthetix Q2 Roadmap Update

Out from the Shadows - Synthetix Q2 Roadmap Update

The Synthetix 2026 Roadmap laid out a simple ambition: take the foundations we’d spent 2025 building to scale Syn...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 8 min read
Gemini Wins CFTC Clearing License, Eyes Full Derivatives Stack

Gemini Wins CFTC Clearing License, Eyes Full Derivatives Stack

Gemini received a Derivatives Clearing Organization license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ending the ex...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 3 min read
California Billionaire Tax Nears Ballot as Odds Still Lean ‘No’

California Billionaire Tax Nears Ballot as Odds Still Lean ‘No’

A proposed one-time California billionaire tax has reportedly cleared the signature hurdle and is moving toward the Nove...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 4 min read
Robinhood Q1 Earnings Show Prediction Markets Holding Strong as Rothera Exchange Nears Launch

Robinhood Q1 Earnings Show Prediction Markets Holding Strong as Rothera Exchange Nears Launch

Robinhood reported first-quarter results Tuesday showing steady growth despite a sharp decline in crypto trading, as sur...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 6 min read
Will Trump Fire Kash Patel? Polymarket, Kalshi Odds Signal Growing Exit Risk

Will Trump Fire Kash Patel? Polymarket, Kalshi Odds Signal Growing Exit Risk

Prediction markets are pricing Kash Patel's exit as more likely than not. Our aggregated data shows Patel with a 79% cha...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 4 min read
Prediction Markets Don’t Just Reflect Crypto Sentiment; They Help Shape It

Prediction Markets Don’t Just Reflect Crypto Sentiment; They Help Shape It

When tensions between the United States and Iran escalated earlier this month, one of the fastest places to register the...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 6 min read
Traders Pour Millions Into 2028 Presidential Race as Democrats Hold Early Edge

Traders Pour Millions Into 2028 Presidential Race as Democrats Hold Early Edge

Traders are already throwing millions of dollars into the 2028 presidential race winner contracts on prediction markets...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 4 min read
Kalshi Posts Record $3.9B Volume Week, Extends Lead Over Polymarket as Parlays Surge

Kalshi Posts Record $3.9B Volume Week, Extends Lead Over Polymarket as Parlays Surge

Weekly notional volume bounced back sharply after last week’s post-Masters pullback, with the two leading predicti...

By Alex Smith 2 weeks ago 12 min read