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Prediction Markets

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Prediction markets
Prediction Markets' Time Has Come, but They Aren't Ready for It
After the pundits so badly misjudged the 2016 U.S. presidential election, prediction markets should be booming ahead of Nov. 3. Why aren’t they?
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By Benjamin PowersBrady Dale
Sep 2, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 2, 2020
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Prediction markets
5 Years After Launch, Predictions Market Platform Augur Releases Version 2
Augur v2 has all the bells and whistles: Interplanetary File System (IPFS), 0x Mesh, MakerDAO’s dai and Uniswap’s v2 oracle network.
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By William Foxley
Jul 28, 2020 at 10:06 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2020
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Prediction markets
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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By Sebastian Sinclair
Jun 30, 2020 at 1:43 p.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
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Richard Craib, Numerai's founder, speaks in New York City, April 2019.
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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.
By Brady Dale
Mar 10, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 10, 2020
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Prediction 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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By Christine Kim
May 16, 2019 at 11:10 p.m. UTC
May 16, 2019
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Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)
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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)
By Leigh Cuen
Mar 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2019
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Prediction 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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By Brady Dale
Feb 5, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 5, 2019
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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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By Brady Dale
Jan 24, 2019 at 1:27 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2019
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Elections
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.
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By David Floyd
Nov 6, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 6, 2018
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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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By Wolfie Zhao
Oct 17, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 17, 2018
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