Someone profited handsomely after winning an unlikely short-term bet on Nicolás Maduro's fate. The win kicked off a round of intense scrutiny of prediction markets.

Financial markets in 2026 look very different from what they were just a few years ago. Volumes are higher, participants are more diverse, and expectations around reliability have changed dramatically ...

In the lead up to Super Bowl 60, prediction market platforms have started offering contracts on which companies will run ads ...

Nifty 50, Sensex today: The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,875 level, a premium of nearly 22 points from the ...

Both Kalshi and Polymarket, the two big prediction market platforms, were offering yes-or-no-style “mention markets” asking ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. Wells Fargo analysts on Tuesday criticized the Nasdaq Stock Market’s proposal to extend trading on U.S.-listed equities to 23 hours a day ...

The Dow tumbled 870 points on Tuesday as investors assessed the impact of Trump's intensifying push to take control of ...

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However, sports leagues seeing betting on their games via prediction markets would most likely think there is a clear-cut answer: absolutely not. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argued at the DealBook ...

Nasdaq wants investors to be able to trade on the exchange almost 24 hours a day. It could introduce a 23-hour trading session in 2026 if the SEC approves its plan. Finance pros are mixed. It could ...

Coinbase is racing toward its goal of creating an “everything app” with its platform adding a slew of new offerings, including stock trading and prediction markets. Update (Dec. 18, 2:40 am UTC): This ...