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Topic: prediction-markets

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Saturday, 6/27, 02:45 AM

What Is a Prediction Market, and How Does It Actually Work?

  • Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi let people trade contracts tied to real-world events, turning prices into live probability estimates.
  • They can forecast surprisingly well — but thin liquidity, manipulation and unsettled regulation are real limits.

In brief

prediction-markets — news and stories on this topic

This page collects all of Boursel's coverage of prediction-markets. Follow the topic from one place: new stories appear here automatically as more is published. That way you stay on top of how the situation develops.

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