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Το διοικητικό συμβούλιο της Nvidia συνεδρίασε την Τετάρτη για να αποφασίσει αν θα απομακρύνει τον συνιδρυτή και διευθύνοντα σύμβουλο Τζένσεν Χουάνγκ, σύμφωνα με πηγή που γνωρίζει το θέμα και μίλησε στο Reuters. Ο 63χρονος επικεφαλής της εταιρείας, που ηγείται της Nvidia από την ίδρυσή της το 1993, βρίσκεται στο επίκεντρο δημοσιευμάτων για δύο εξωσυζυγικές σχ

Amid growth of its U.S. exchange, the prediction market platform’s current annual run-rate is $1.8 billion.

Midterms - Eleitora preenche cédula de votação em Harrisburg, na Pensilvânia (EUA) REUTERS/Mike Segar As eleições legislativas dos Estados Unidos acontecem em um momento de expansão dos chamados mercados de previsão, plataformas nas quais os usuários podem apostar dinheiro em possíveis resultados de acontecimentos, incluindo disputas eleitorais. O uso dessas

Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.

Pouco antes do fecho das urnas, centenas de contas recém-criadas apostaram na permanência de Benjamin Netanyahu como primeiro-ministro. Algumas já levantaram, em conjunto, mais de 100 mil dólares.

The company said it was looking into hundreds of new accounts that had placed wagers in two markets related to the election on Tuesday.

Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.

Dans un message publié sur son compte X (ex-Twitter) la plateforme a affirmé qu’un de ses «prestataires tiers» avait été visé par une «intrusion». Sur les réseaux sociaux, certains utilisateurs assurent avoir perdu plusieurs centaines de milliers de dollars.

The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

Predictions markets platform Polymarket was forced to halt trading on its international platform for an hour after a vendor was compromised.

The outage comes just days before the platform is expected to experience heightened trading during the U.S. midterm elections.

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No maior mercado de previsões do mundo – o Polymarket - “<em>swisstony</em>” destaca-se com o melhor desempenho a apostar no desporto, com um lucro de 12 milhões de dólares.

Eagles star Saquon Barkley said he was forced to divest his equity stake in Polymarket to comply with NFL rules.

FT analysis shows biggest winners on prediction platform are a mixture of long-shot bettors and high-frequency traders

The agency is examining Polymarket's controls for determining where customers are located, as well as its advertising activities in the U.S.

The federal agency had previously investigated whether Polymarket allowed U.S. users on to its offshore platform in 2024, but dropped the measures in July 2025.

The prediction market has hired a former FBI official to make sure political insiders don't use the platform for profit from confidential election information.<strong> </strong>

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The league also inked a memorandum of understanding with the CFTC, the federal regulator of prediction markets.

The NBA announced Monday that it's partnering with prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket and expanding its DraftKings deal to include a prediction market offering.

Plus de 450 000 dollars de paris ont ainsi été passés avant que la page ne soit supprimée. Les utilisateurs pronostiquaient sur le sort judiciaire de sept étudiants accusés de viol au sein de l'université de Cornell, suscitant la colère et l'indignation.

'This market addressed whether the government would take action — a process that deserves scrutiny, particularly in a case of such serious concern,' a Polymarket spokesperson said.

The market had amassed $450,000 in wagers by the time it was pulled from the international platform.

The market had more than $450,000 in volume before it was taken off Polymarket's international platform.