Cardi B's cameo in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show leads to dispute on prediction markets Cardi B was part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show The Independent UK · Feb 11
I Created My Own Prediction Market. What It’s Telling Me About the S&P 500 Now, and What Comes Next. My proprietary ROAR score acts akin to Polymarket or Kalshi. It’s showing the odds of an up move in the S&P 500 are lower than the odds of a down move coming next. Barchart · Feb 10
America's new love affair with gambling drives Kalshi to $871 million haul on Super Bowl Sunday Days before the Super Bowl, Michael Lewis warned that sports gambling is "especially predatory toward young men." Fortune · Feb 10
Gamblers Placing Bets on $2K Tariff Dividend Check — What Are the Odds? Prediction markets grow as Americans bet on politics, policy and economy. Meanwhile, odds of Trump’s proposed tariff dividend checks remain low across platforms GOBankingRates · Feb 8
‘We all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting trust The Bucks star has become a shareholder in one of the world’s largest prediction markets. It only ushers the NBA further into the fetid swamp of sports betting The Guardian - US · Feb 8
How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are. Reason · Feb 5
Mamdani takes sardonic view of Polymarket’s ‘free grocery store’ stunt in New York Cryptocurrency-based prediction market announced it would open store in apparent nod to mayor’s signature policy The Guardian - US · Feb 5
The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-long history of food charity. Reason · Feb 4
Kalshi gave away $50 in free groceries for 3 hours in New York City. A line 4 blocks long full of students and people on food stamps formed “They’re helping the community,” 28-year-old Kayla told Fortune. “So even if they’re also hurting the community, it kind of balances out.” Fortune · Feb 4
Kairos, which is building a cross-platform tool for professional prediction markets traders, raises $2.5 million from a16z crypto The startup’s platform will display bets from Kalshi and Polymarket. Fortune · Feb 3
Trevor Noah’s Bizarre Grammys Statement Sparks Wild Theories “I wonder how much Polymarket paid him for this,” a user wrote. Bored Panda · Feb 2
Prediction markets have a fake news problem Polymarket's social media accounts are pumping out false and misleading claims to millions of people online. Axios · Feb 1
On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? The prediction market’s disciples and CEO believe its an unbiased way of knowing the future. But experts warn users could reshape the world to win big The Guardian - US · Jan 30
Betting on politics is the new game: More than $200M on wagers increases fears of insider trading Many of the bets, which have been criticized as unethical, revolve around the actions of the US and Donald Trump The Independent UK · Jan 29
Fortune · Jan 27 Inside the world of Rick Rieder, the $2.3 trillion insomniac who might soon run the Fed Rick Rieder oversees roughly $2.3 trillion in fixed income at BlackRock. His obsession with risk has made him a market legend—and a surprise Fed chair contender.
The Independent UK · Jan 26 Kristi Noem sees odds of being fired spike on Polymarket in wake of Alex Pretti shooting Homeland Security secretary sparked fury by claiming against all visible evidence that Pretti had ‘violently’ attacked federal agents in Minneapolis
Fortune · Jan 26 Prediction markets can take bets on outlandish events that ‘get laundered into legitimacy,’ Gen Z’s favorite economic commentator warns “Legitimacy increasingly flows to whoever processes uncertainty first. Markets have optimized for speed. Democracy has been designed for deliberation.”
Axios · Jan 23 Americans are now betting on winter storm totals on Polymarket and Kalshi A winter storm is expected to disrupt the U.S. this weekend — and some people could make a few extra bucks.
MarketBeat · Jan 21 ICE vs Coinbase: The Race for Dominance in a 24/7 Market Intercontinental Exchange and Coinbase are aggressively building the infrastructure required to dominate the emerging era of continuous global asset trading.
Fortune · Jan 20 Wall Street is once again banking on the TACO trade because they've been 'burned' by believing Trump before At the time of writing, only 17% of Polymarket bettors believe all the tariffs Trump has threatened against Europe will go into effect on Feb. 1. A further minority of 40% believe any tariffs will go into effect in a fortnight’s time.
International Business Times UK · Jan 15 Suspicious Polymarket Bet Sparks Fears of US Strike on Iran A sudden spike in Polymarket bets on a US strike against Iran sparks fear and speculation of insider knowledge, unsettling markets worldwide.
The Independent UK · Jan 14 Crypto betting site Polymarket under fire for taking direct wagers on wars In recent weeks the popular crypto-based betting market has added multiple contracts that allow users to gamble on potential geopolitical events
Salon · Jan 13 The Golden Globes don't care about film The show itself was a mess, but seeing artists champion their work provided rare, vital bright spots
Pedestrian.tv · Jan 13 All The Golden Globes BTS Tea, From Celebs Breaking Rules To Kylie Jenner’s Name Card Go behind the 2026 Golden Globes telecast for all the off-camera chaos: backstage fires, missing awards & Swift-adjacent drama,
Fortune · Jan 12 An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers One congressman wants to pass a bill that would ban government employees from insider trading on prediction markets. But is it enough?