Polymarket Enters the Newsroom Through Dow Jones Alliance

Polymarket and Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, have struck an exclusive partnership to integrate real-time prediction market data across Dow Jones’ digital and print platforms. Under the agreement, Polymarket’s market-implied probabilities will appear across Dow Jones publications, including Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and Investor’s Business Daily. The data … Read more

Polymarket Launches Real‑Estate Prediction Markets Using Parcl’s Housing Indices

Parcl and Polymarket partner to create prediction markets that settle on daily housing‑price indices. Parcl, the onchain real‑estate data platform, and Polymarket, the prediction‑market exchange, announced a partnership to bring Parcl’s daily housing price indices to a new suite of real‑estate prediction markets on Polymarket. The markets will settle against Parcl’s published indices, giving traders … Read more

Prediction Markets Price Uncertainty as Venezuela Eyes New Leadership

Since the U.S. removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, prediction markets tied to the Latin American nation have attracted large flows of capital. Two specific contracts focused on who will govern the country by the end of 2026 have already recorded close to $2 million in trading volume. Prediction Markets Split on Who Will Lead Venezuela … Read more

Maduro’s Fall Turns Long-Shot Polymarket Bets Into Overnight Wins

A U.S. military operation removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power early Jan. 3, 2026, abruptly resolving a series of high-profile Polymarket prediction markets that had been tracking his potential exit for months. Within hours of the announcement, contracts tied to Maduro’s removal closed at full value, triggering large payouts for traders who had wagered … Read more

How Much Is Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Worth? Polymarket Bets Tell the Story

Prediction market bettors are pricing in a blockbuster outcome for Logan Paul’s famed Pikachu Illustrator card after the influencer-turned-collector confirmed plans to auction it in early 2026, igniting fresh debate over rarity, hype, and how far nostalgia-backed assets can really go. Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator: Origin Story, Auction Plans, Controversy, and What Polymarket Thinks The … Read more

Prediction Markets Had Their Breakout Year in 2025 — and There Was No Going Back

In 2025, prediction markets stopped acting like a sideshow and started behaving like a real financial category. Prediction Markets Go Mainstream What began as a niche experiment in forecasting elections and sports quietly evolved into a multibillion-dollar ecosystem touching Wall Street, media giants, professional sports, and crypto infrastructure. From regulatory victories and courtroom battles to … Read more

New Epstein Documents Fuel High-Stakes Bets on Polymarket and Kalshi

After a flood of documents and photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein files dropped this month, even more material from the sprawling archive is expected to roll out under a U.S. Department of Justice release required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Since then, a Polymarket wager titled “Who will be named in newly released Epstein … Read more

Draftkings Taps CFTC Framework to Launch Predictions Marketplace App

On Friday, Draftkings launched a standalone predictions app regulated under federal commodities law, formally entering the growing U.S. prediction markets sector and expanding beyond traditional sports betting into event-based contract trading. Draftkings Brings Event Contracts to U.S. Users via New Predictions Platform Draftkings announced the debut of Draftkings Predictions on Dec. 19, introducing a mobile … Read more

Rip Higher or Roll Over? Prediction Market Wagers Suggest a Slower Climb Ahead for Bitcoin

With bitcoin off 5.5% for the month of December on a returns basis, plenty of eyes are squinting at the chart and asking what comes next. To size things up, we leaned into the wisdom of the crowd and peeked at what today’s most active prediction markets are betting on. Myriad Bettors Still Favor $100K, … Read more

January Odds Scream ‘No Rate Change’ While Powell Shuts Down New Fed Chair Chatter

After the U.S. Federal Reserve trimmed the benchmark interest rate last week, attention now shifts to the Jan. 28, 2026, meeting, where current odds suggest the central bank is poised to leave the target rate exactly where it is. A Few Days Following the Last Cut, Traders Price in a January Fed Pause When it … Read more