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Polymarket, Kalshi Take Steps to Block Fraud Rings

By Michael Roddan · Jun 16, 2026 6:00am PDT
Polymarket and Kalshi are racing to turn more major events into opportunities to place bets, including everything from daily temperature highs during a New York City heat wave to the latest contestant to be eliminated from “Love Island,” the reality TV hit. That’s helped the young markets become high-profile sentiment gauges and generate... Polymarket and Kalshi are racing to turn more major events into opportunities to place bets,...
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DeepSeek Closes Record $7 Billion-Plus Funding with Unusual Deal Structure

By Jing Yang, Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jun 15, 2026 9:55pm PDT · 2 comments
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) under an unusual deal structure, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The funding round, which values the large-language model developer at more than $50 billion, requires investors to put their capital... Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan...
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Roku’s Timely Exit; Salesforce’s Dealmaking Is Revving Up

By Martin Peers · Jun 15, 2026 5:01pm PDT
There’s a lot going on all of a sudden. We’re all still trying to come to grips with the latest Anthropic-Trump administration standoff. SpaceX’s market performance so far has been like a rocket ship: The stock rose 20% on Monday, finishing with a market capitalization of $2.5 trillion. And back on Earth, we got some notable acquisitions on... There’s a lot going on all of a sudden. We’re all still trying to come to grips with the latest...
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Pre-IPO Betting Boom Hits Prediction Markets

By Yueqi Yang · May 27, 2026 8:18am PDT
Most everyday investors can’t buy shares of hot private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI before they go public. With potential mega-IPOs looming this year, prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are turning that hype into tradable bets.  Users are flocking to yes-or-no bets on milestones like valuations and IPO timelines, betting... Most everyday investors can’t buy shares of hot private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI before...
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CFTC Chair Races to Stop States From Killing Prediction Markets

By Nancy Scola · May 2, 2026 7:04am PDT
When Michael Selig took up his new position as head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a few months ago, he quickly embarked on an effort that seems fitting for a Trump administration official who would like to make it possible for every American living room to become a wagering parlor. Selig is a sports fan, and he filled the space... When Michael Selig took up his new position as head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a...
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Did Prediction Markets Cause the Crypto Crash?

By Ken Brown · Apr 1, 2026 8:00am PDT · 3 comments
Please join The Information at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 27, for The Information’s “Financing the AI Revolution” forum. Hear from top executives and investors on how the rapid build-out of AI is reshaping tech, finance and capital markets. Learn more here.On Kalshi, the wildly popular prediction market, bettors assigned just a... Please join The Information at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 27, for The...