Dirk van Haaster is a Web3 copywriter. Before joining DeFi Rate in 2025, he spent several years writing about blockchain projects, token ecosystems, and crypto news, with a strong focus on news and marketing content. He has previously worked as a commercial content writer at BeInCrypto. Dirk holds a BSc in International Business and an MSc in Strategic Management (cum laude) from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Since 2020, Dirk has been working in Web3 content, collaborating closely with founders, and marketing teams. When he’s not working, Dirk enjoys biohacking and learning about general health optimization.
Polymarket posted a disclaimer about a “technical exploit that may be artificially distorting prices,” highlighting risks in hybrid central limit order book (CLOB) and on-chain settlement design.
Kalshi data will appear in Tradeweb first, and direct trading could let fixed-income desks hedge binary political and policy risks without synthetic workarounds.
NYSE President Lynn Martin said prediction markets have become an input to traditional markets, citing S&P futures moving with Polymarket on 2024 election night.
Fireplace, a professional trading terminal that aggregates markets, liquidity and execution across prediction market venues, closed a pre-seed round led by Frachtis.
Polymarket US is rolling out public APIs and permissionless liquidity rewards to encourage deeper liquidity, tighter spreads, and more institutional participation. But there are tradeoffs.
CFTC Chair Selig taps 35 crypto, finance, and prediction market leaders for advisory committee. Coinbase, Robinhood, Nasdaq, CME Group, Uniswap, and Solana also among those named.
MLB is changing its tune toward prediction markets and data-sharing deals for integrity monitoring would be central to any possible partnership with Kalshi or Polymarket.
New prediction markets report notes 4x YoY volume growth to $63.5B in 2025 as structural risks remain unresolved and $3.7B in new capital pours into fresh industry startups.
Robinhood ($HOOD) earnings report showed 12 billion event contracts traded in 2025 as the exchange continues its quest to build the “Financial SuperApp.”
The Winklevoss twins plan to make prediction markets “more front-and-center” on the Gemini crypto “super app” as they make significant strategy shifts.
X users flagged suspicious prediction market trading activity across a number of accounts who appeared to profit from insider knowledge of Super Bowl halftime performance plans.
Opinion blockchain based prediction exchange just raised $20M to help scale onchain settlement infrastructure as the platform rivals Kalshi and Polymarket in weekly notional volume.
The Fintech company is bringing Kalshi prediction markets to its retail traders on its Plus500 Futures platform with a simple $0.01 per contract fee structure.
Jupiter also secured a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital to ramp up on-chain financial infrastructure for the all-in-one DeFi platform built on Solana.
DAZN plans prediction markets on its US platform with Polymarket, but it has no CFTC license yet and would enter a crowded, heavily scrutinized market.
