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$30,000 Maduro bet sparks debate over prediction markets' insider trading exposure

A major bet on Nicolás Maduro's capture before the Venezuelan president was seized in an American military raid shows how prediction markets pose a controversial new opportunity for insiders to profit on secret information.

Why it matters: Insider trading on the stock market is illegal, while insider trading on prediction markets is generally not — at least for now — and critics say that's a problem.


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