Polymarket has signed a multi-year exclusive partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS), which is a major step in the integration of sports and on-chain prediction markets. The partnership makes Polymarket the official prediction market partner of MLS, enabling fans to participate in the outcomes of the league through blockchain prediction
Concerns about insider trading on prediction markets are rising again after a string of high-profile bets tied to geopolitical developments and fast-moving global events. As prediction platforms expand into mainstream political and macro markets, regulators and traders are questioning whether the sector can realistically prevent users with material non-public information
The recent US regulatory action looking to prohibit prediction markets has surged activity in the first weeks of this year, having trading volumes hit a milestone with $701.7 million on January 12. Two-thirds of total trading volume is attributed to prediction market Kalshi, with total trading volume sitting at $465.9
Polymarket has introduced trading fees, marking a significant shift in its business model as it expands beyond niche prediction markets into more mainstream crypto trading. The platform confirmed that it has begun charging fees on its short-duration cryptocurrency price markets and on its Polymarket US app, which is currently available
Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps has pushed back against viral claims alleging that a high-profile Polymarket trader had insider ties to a cofounder of World Liberty Financial. The firm said the on-chain logic behind the accusations relies on weak assumptions and misleading analysis. In a Jan. 5 post on X, Bubblemaps
Polymarket and Parcl collaborated to provide a new real estate prediction market product. The alliance will establish markets that function against Parcl’s daily housing price indices, giving traders data-driven metrics for forecasting and to bet on real estate price movements. The partnership, which was first announced on Monday, provides traders
A programmer recently gained $75,000 in profits by using an AI-enabled bot to monitor suspicious trading activity on Polymarket, as per a post by Archive on X. The developer reportedly made a custom monitoring system that studied the prediction market platform for unusual betting patterns, as per the social media
An analyst has claimed that prediction markets such as Polymarket automatically recommend data-rich insiders, due to which most retail traders are exposed to loss, fake volume and behavioural traps. The analyst also alerted that around 99% of retail users on prediction markets may be at risk of losing capital because
A Polymarket trader has generated nearly $1 million in profits through suspiciously accurate bets on Google’s 2025 Year in Search rankings. The wallet address “0xafEe,” previously known as “AlphaRaccoon,” correctly predicted nearly every outcome in Google search trend markets. The trader purchased “Yes” shares on d4vd, a 20-year-old singer given
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital is making tactical changes to the fast-growing prediction markets sector to grab a portion of the $9 billion industry opportunity. The firm, which is primarily into crypto investments, is in talks with the top platforms Polymarket and Kalshi for liquidity provision, thus signaling the arrival of
