Finance & Earnings

Where prediction markets meet Wall Street, fintech, and crypto. From earnings reports and exchange partnerships to new distribution channels, we cover the financial news moving this growth.

Finance & Earnings

Trump DOJ Threatens Fed Chair Powell But Markets Forecast Stability

Prediction market odds have been volatile since Powell's response to Trump's threat of criminal charges, but they are forecasting short-term fed...

Jason Brow

January 14, 2026

$35 million in open interest on Kalshi and Polymarket

Finance & Earnings

Will the Fed Cut Rates? 94% Say Yes with $35 Million on the Line

Polymarket and Kalshi show near-unanimous consensus ahead of Wednesday's decision, with $14 million traded in the past 24...

Cheryle Shepstone

December 8, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Kalshi Nears $1.8 Billion Weekly Volume as Prediction Markets Top $2.3 Billion

Kalshi posted $1.8 billion in weekly volume, up 15.2%, capturing 78% of the market. Polymarket recorded $511 million, up 19.7%. Combined volume hit $2.3...

Cheryle Shepstone

December 8, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Kalshi Raises $1 Billion as Prediction Markets Hit $2.2 Billion Weekly

Kalshi built $1.2B in weekly volume with US users alone. Polymarket built $952M with everyone else, per Defi Rate analytics....

Cheryle Shepstone

November 20, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Balancer Hacked for $128M – What Happened?

Balancer, the popular Automated Market Maker (AMM) and decentralized liquidity protocol, suffered a major hack early Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. UTC. Attackers drained about $128...

Alejandro Miguel

November 3, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Coinbase CEO Says Earnings-Call Stunt Was ‘Fun’ After Triggering Prediction Markets

Brian Armstrong, the chief executive of Coinbase Global, brushed off a viral moment from the company’s latest earnings call, writing on X that the episode “was fun” and “happened...

Cheryle Shepstone

October 31, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Fed Cuts Rates Again as Powell Keeps Markets Guessing; Bitcoin Dips 2%

The US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates today by 0.25%, bringing them down to 3.75% to 4%. The decision wasn’t unanimous, with 10 members voting in favor and two voting...

Alejandro Miguel

October 29, 2025

Finance & Earnings

IBM Launches ‘Digital Asset Haven’ to Bring Banks Into the Tokenized Future

IBM has launched Digital Asset Haven, a new platform to help banks, governments, and major corporations manage digital assets securely and at scale. The system handles everything from...

Alejandro Miguel

October 27, 2025

Finance & Earnings

JPMorgan to Accept Bitcoin and Ether as Loan Collateral by 2025

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the world’s largest bank by market cap, is set to let institutional clients use Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) as collateral for loans by the end of 2025. The...

Alejandro Miguel

October 24, 2025

Finance & Earnings

Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour: Embrace Crypto or Be Left Behind

While Kalshi continues to make inroads on the blockchain, the prediction market has no intention of becoming crypto-centric. Yes, Kalshi sees crypto as critical to its growth, but the...

Marcus DiNitto

October 14, 2025

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