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Latest news and updates from the prediction markets ecosystem.
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How to Deposit on Polymarket in 2026: The Safe Way
Deposit USDC on the Polygon network, double-check before you confirm, and avoid the wrong-network trap that loses funds. A clear, practical funding guide.
How to Withdraw from Polymarket: Cash Out Guide (2026)
How to withdraw from Polymarket and cash out to your bank: free up your USDC, send it on-chain, and off-ramp to fiat. Plus fees, timing, and common mistakes.
Is Polymarket Safe? A Clear Trust & Risk Guide (2026)
Is Polymarket safe? It's a non-custodial, on-chain protocol that can't hold your balance, but you carry self-custody and resolution risk. Here's the full picture.
What Is a Prediction Market? A Plain-English Guide (2026)
A prediction market lets you trade contracts on future events, where price equals probability. Here's how they work, why they're accurate, and where to trade.
Crypto Prediction Markets: The Complete 2026 Guide
Will BTC hit a price by year-end? Up or down in the next 15 minutes? Crypto prediction markets turn those questions into tradable contracts — the fastest-growing corner of the sector. Where to trade them, how they price, and the fees nobody mentions.
How Accurate Is Polymarket? What the Data Actually Shows
Polymarket is sold as a crystal ball — and one study scores it 90%+ accurate. Other research scoring the 2024 election put it well behind Kalshi and PredictIt. The honest answer depends on how, and when, you measure.
The Polymarket API: A Developer's Guide (2026)
Polymarket exposes four APIs — Gamma, CLOB, Data and the leaderboard — across REST and WebSockets. A practical map of what each one does, the gotchas nobody documents, and when to aggregate instead of build.
Polymarket Taxes 2026: How to Report Winnings With No 1099
Polymarket doesn't send you a tax form. That doesn't mean the IRS isn't expecting one. How prediction-market gains are taxed in 2026 — and how to reconstruct the records nobody hands you.
Polymarket vs Sportsbooks: The Vig Gap Explained (2026)
A standard sportsbook bet hands the house a 4.76% edge before the game starts. Polymarket charges a fraction of that. The real cost comparison — with 2026 odds, fees, and where the math breaks down.
The Best Prediction Markets in 2026: A Complete Comparison
Polymarket, Kalshi, Hyperliquid and Predict.fun each win at something different — liquidity, regulation, on-chain settlement, or new markets. A practical comparison of where to trade events in 2026, and why aggregation beats picking just one.
World Cup 2026 Odds: Inside Polymarket's $2.1 Billion Market
The 2026 World Cup is the most open in a generation — and the largest prediction market ever built. Polymarket has $2.1B riding on it, with Spain and France splitting favoritism, the defending champion an afterthought, and real money pricing every nation. A complete breakdown.
DEXTools Launches Native Prediction Markets, Powered by FrenFlow
DEXTools — the crypto analytics platform used by millions of traders — now ships a native Predictions tab powered by FrenFlow, aggregating four prediction-market sources into one live, tradable feed.
How to Use Polymarket: A Beginner's Guide (2026)
How to use Polymarket from zero to your first trade: create an account, fund it, understand that price equals probability, buy and sell shares, and redeem winnings. Includes which Polymarket you can actually use depending on where you live.
Is Polymarket Legal in the US? (2026 Status, Explained)
Yes — Polymarket is legal for US residents through Polymarket US, a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market that launched in December 2025. But the detail matters: there's a separate global venue you can't use, and several states are pushing back.
How to Read Polymarket Odds (2026 Beginner's Guide)
Polymarket odds are just prices between $0 and $1, and the price is the implied probability. Learn to read the price, convert it to a percentage, calculate your payout, and tell the displayed odds from the real probability.
Polymarket vs Kalshi: Which Prediction Market Is Better in 2026?
A side-by-side breakdown of Polymarket and Kalshi: regulation, fees, funding, markets, and resolution. Both are CFTC-regulated — the real differences are how you fund, what you trade, and what each costs.
Polymarket Fees Explained (2026)
Exactly what Polymarket charges: taker fee rates by category, the formula, maker rebates, and the costs that aren't fees. Makers pay nothing.