Senators Lock Themselves Out of the Polymarket Casino — and Hand the Industry a PR Win
It is not often that Polymarket, Kalshi and Chuck Schumer end up on the same side of a vote. On Wednesday, all three publicly backed S. Res. 708, the unanimously passed Senate resolution that bars senators and their staff from trading on prediction markets effective immediately. The bill closes the most obvious self-dealing channel in Washington — and hands the industry a regulatory talking point worth more than the trading volume it just lost.
Prediction Markets: A Crystal Ball for the Modern Age or Just Fancy Gambling?
Prediction markets like Polymarket are all the rage among crypto nerds and future-obsessed speculators. They promise to be digital crystal balls where the wisdom of crowds collides with cold, hard cash. Ready to bet it all on red?
Azuro – Infrastructure and Liquidity for On-chain Predictions
Rossen is a core contributor at Azuro, an infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It utilizes a new Liquidity Pool design, the Liquidity Tree, which creates and maintains market liquidity.
Augur V2 launch
Version 2 of the Augur platform is scheduled for release on Tuesday, 28th of July. The network-wide upgrade introduces dollar-denominated betting, faster trading, cheaper market-making, and a new trading interface.