Prediction markets, where users can place bets on real-world outcomes in anything from sports and award shows to elections, interest rate decisions, and even military operations, have become a ...

President Trump on Tuesday said it was “critically important” for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to maintain exclusive authority over prediction markets, following several lawsuits ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday stressed the importance of establishing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s “exclusive authority” over prediction markets and vowed to protect the ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder evened their 2026 NBA playoff series with the San Antonio Spurs with a Game 2 victory at home. Now Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs return to the Lone Star State with the ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state, and in response, the Trump administration has sued, teeing up a legal battle over ...

The war with Iran and the U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have carried the usual hallmarks of conflict: soldiers, strategy, casualties, cost. But they've also ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Billions of dollars are changing hands each week on prediction markets, sites whose ...

Interactive Brokers IBKR2.23%increase; up pointing triangle is launching a platform where users can place yes-or-no bets through Kalshi, CME Group CME 2.80%increase; up pointing triangle and its own ...

Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses. Her stories explore the price tag of clinical AI, digital health at the FDA, and the boom in direct-to-consumer ...

Though Bitcoin might currently be trading 40% lower than its record high price, the asset manager is still bullish on the leading cryptocurrency. Christopher Jensen, the director of digital asset ...

Polymarket takes over a local bar for a pop-up experience in D.C. on March 20. (Alex Kent/For the Washington Post) Prediction markets are not a new idea. They existed five centuries ago, when people ...

First, let's consider what's already happened recently. Huge catalysts that XRP bulls argued would send the token soaring have come and gone, and the token is back to where it started. There were ...