Blockchain-based prediction platform Polymarket is raising $200 million with Thiel's Founders Fund, gaining popularity after ...

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads the round, and the $200 million includes $50 million in previously unannounced funding.

The S&P 500 index has plunged this week, and there are signs that the trend will continue in the coming months. One reason for this is that the market anticipates that the US will have a recession.

Investors should not, however, assume that prediction markets are regulated as robustly or to the same extent as the stock and bond markets are. Rather than active regulatory supervision, ...

Stocks jumped Monday as the US-China trade deal alleviated worst-case markets outlooks. Seth Wenig/AP 2025-05-12T16:29:09Z ...

Bitcoin’s price on Sunday may have been reacting to the odds of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz before July on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market, according to Ben Emons, founder and chief ...