Polymarket says it is offering "prediction markets" for the L.A. fires, but what it's really doing is providing a platform for people to profit off tragedy.
Users of prediction market platform Polymarket are callously ... betting platform—all bets are done in cryptocurrency—will profit from wagers on the severity and duration of the fires.
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Polymarket, the popular crypto-based prediction market, is facing fresh controversy for allowing bettors to try and make money by correctly anticipating the course of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.
California wildfires that erupted Tuesday have killed at least five people and forced more than 100,000 to evacuate. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights ...
Polymarket, which bills itself as a "prediction market," invited you as of Thursday ... a tech startup enabling lots of people to profit off human misfortune. The Polymarket statement to The ...