Prediction Markets


Tech

Ethereum Gas Fees Drive Gnosis-Powered Prediction Market to xDai's Layer 2

"Ethereum is on the way to becoming a whale chain," said Gnosis co-founder Stefan George. That's why his team's tech is moving to xDai.

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Finance

Augur's Revamped Predictions Platform Launches Next Month With a New Token

The blockchain predictions platform is upgrading to version 2 in July, but users will have to migrate to a new token if they want to use it.

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Tech

This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence

Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.

Richard Craib, Numerai's founder, speaks in New York City, April 2019.

Markets

Startup Veil Forks Augur to Create Prediction Markets for 2020 Election

Veil says no one has been able to support long-running markets on Augur, so they're creating AugurLite for early bets on the presidential election.

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Markets

Numerai Token Sale Raises $11 Million From VC Firms Paradigm, Placeholder

Hedge fund and predictions market startup Numerai just closed an $11 million round led by Paradigm and Placeholder.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Markets

LedgerX Unveils Betting Market for 2020's Bitcoin Block Reward Halving

The bitcoin block reward will be cut in half next year – and soon, market watchers can place bets on exactly when the subsidy halving will happen.

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Markets

Augur Interface Veil Acquires Search Engine for Prediction Markets

Veil has acquired Predictions.Global, the leading site for exploring Augur data.

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Markets

US Elections Push Augur's Total Ether Bets Over $2 Million

Betting on elections to the U.S. House has brought over $700,000 onto the platform, pushing the midterms market into the top spot.

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (lazyllama/Shutterstock)

Markets

CFTC Official Warns Smart Contract Designers Over Predictive Code

Smart contract coders could be held liable for providing predictive "event contracts" on a blockchain, a CFTC commissioner has said.

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Markets

Crypto Prediction Market Augur Is Gearing Up for Its First Major Upgrade

Can a "faster, better, cheaper" Augur attract the user base it needs in order to succeed?

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