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Ethereum

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.

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Sep 17, 2020 at 4:10 p.m. UTC

Sep 17, 2020

EthereumPrediction MarketsGnosisxDai

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Business

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?

By Benjamin PowersBrady Dale

Sponsored

Sep 2, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC

Sep 2, 2020

Prediction MarketsPostTrustElectionpostrustelectionElection 2020

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Tech

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.

By William Foxley

Sponsored

Jul 28, 2020 at 10:06 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2020

Prediction MarketsOraclesAugurIPFSDAIUniswap

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Business

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.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Sponsored

Jun 30, 2020 at 1:43 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

Prediction MarketsAugur

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Tech

Union square ventures

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.

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 10, 2020

Union Square VenturesPrediction MarketsNumeraiErasureErasureBay

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Markets

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.

By Christine Kim

Sponsored

May 16, 2019 at 11:10 p.m. UTC

May 16, 2019

Prediction MarketsNewsAugurVeil

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Markets

Startups

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.

By Leigh Cuen

Sponsored

Mar 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2019

StartupsEthereumPrediction MarketsCapital MarketsFunding RoundsTokensMarketsFeaturesBusiness News

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Markets

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.

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Feb 5, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 5, 2019

Prediction MarketsNewsLedgerXHalving

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Markets

Prediction markets

Augur Interface Veil Acquires Search Engine for Prediction Markets

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

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Jan 24, 2019 at 1:27 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2019

Prediction MarketsNewsAugurVeil

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Markets

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.

By David Floyd

Sponsored

Nov 6, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 6, 2018

ElectionsPrediction MarketsUSNewsAugur

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