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Polymarket is reportedly weighing a raise at a higher valuation than its ICE deal, while Kalshi's valuation has climbed past it after several rapid rounds.

Two former Kalshi employees founded 5c(c) Capital, a Venture Capital fund dedicated solely to capitalizing on prediction markets, which has reportedly already raised $35 million.

Kalshi has reportedly raised over a billion dollars in a round led by Coatue, as record volume, institutional demand and sports markets drive its valuation sharply higher.

Kalshi data will appear in Tradeweb first, and direct trading could let fixed-income desks hedge binary political and policy risks without synthetic workarounds.

Fireplace, a professional trading terminal that aggregates markets, liquidity and execution across prediction market venues, closed a pre-seed round led by Frachtis.

Bitwise filed with the SEC to launch 2028 US election ETFs under its new PredictionShares brand, joining Roundhill and GraniteShares in the race to bring political outcome contracts to NYSE Arca.

Robinhood Ventures Fund I gives retail investors access to Stripe, Databricks and other private companies. A breakdown of its fees, risks and how it compares to ARK and DXYZ.

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.

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.

The partnership expands Polymarket's US visibility and intensifies its rivalry with Kalshi, as media treats prediction markets as credible financial indicators.

The new real estate markets will focus on major cities to start, with resolution criteria tied to Parcl’s real-time data engine, helping to remove ambiguity.

Solflare added native prediction market trading to its Solana wallet, built on DFlow's API with liquidity from Kalshi and settlement on-chain.

Capital is flowing into crypto startups like Rocket that are building more complex financial systems and infrastructure.

Gondor is betting it can build the missing financial layer for on-chain prediction markets—starting with lending against Polymarket positions.

With tokenized event contracts now live on Solana, Kalshi is stepping directly into territory dominated by Polymarket and other decentralized platforms.

Flutter and CME Group announced FanDuel Predicts, a standalone app that will offer sports event contracts in states where sports betting is not legal.

PrizePicks will integrate Polymarket's event contracts, including sports, entertainment and culture, into its app once Polymarket re-enters the US.

DraftKings plans to launch a predictions platform with sports event contracts in the coming months, reaching states where its sportsbook cannot operate.

Crypto.com and Hollywood.com will launch prediction markets on films, TV, music, awards and Broadway, offered through Crypto.com's CFTC-registered exchange.

IBM and wallet provider Dfns launched Digital Asset Haven, a platform for banks, governments and corporations to handle custody, settlement and compliance across many blockchains.