The Atlantic
Someone used a hair dryer on a Paris airport temperature sensor to win $20,000 on Polymarket, and now we're all wondering if prediction markets are just a game of 'who can mess with reality the most.'
The Verge
Meta, the company that never had an original idea it couldn't copy, is now betting on prediction markets. Because your Facebook feed wasn't already enough of a gamble.
BBC Business
Kalshi wants to know where you work before you bet on insider-y things, because apparently the honor system wasn't cutting it.
TechCrunch
A Google engineer allegedly used confidential search data to make $1.2M on Polymarket, proving that some employees really do know how to find the answers.
The Guardian Europe
Israeli authorities charge a man and an air force major with using classified info to bet on military strikes via Polymarket, turning war into a very illegal gambling parlor.
TechCrunch
A special forces soldier allegedly turned insider info into $400K on Polymarket by betting on his own Maduro operation, earning himself a date with the Justice Department.
BBC World
A BBC analysis finds traders keep making millions by betting just before Trump's major announcements, in a pattern some call insider trading and others call being really, really good guessers.
The Verge
Prediction markets like Polymarket are letting people bet on news outcomes, posing a direct and ethically messy challenge to traditional journalism.
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