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Polymarket bettors profited handsomely after a federal court struck down President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs on Wednesday. What happened: The betting contract titled, "Will courts block Trump’s tariffs before June?" resolved to "Yes" on the decentralized prediction platform. The...

Multiple bets tied to the ongoing fire disaster in Los Angeles have surfaced on cryptocurrency-based prediction platform Polymarket, raising ethical concerns about such money-making opportunities. What Happened: More than 30,000 people had to evacuate the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los...

Pierre Ferragu, an analyst at New Street Research, recently expressed his views on the disconnect between prediction markets and the press regarding the 2024 U.S. presidential elections What Happened: On Thursday, Ferragu took to X to highlight the contrasting narratives between the media and...