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Shares of New York Inventory Trade guardian, Intercontinental Trade, rose greater than 1% after the corporate introduced it took a $2 billion stake in prediction markets platform Polymarket.
The deal values Polymarket at roughly $8 billion, each firms stated in a launch.
“There are alternatives throughout markets which ICE along with Polymarket can uniquely serve and we’re enthusiastic about the place this funding can take us,” Intercontinental Trade CEO Jeffrey Sprecher stated in an announcement.
The deal comes as prediction markets turn out to be extra mainstream, with Polymarket rival Kalshi having fun with sharp buying and selling quantity will increase due to the implementation of sports-related contracts. Prediction markets business income could climb to $8 billion by 2030 because it takes market share from the sports activities playing business, in response to evaluation by Piper Sandler.
Polymarket, earlier this 12 months, additionally secured an funding from 1789 Capital, which is backed by Donald Trump Jr. The corporate was additionally greenlit final month to launch within the U.S.
Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan wrote that,” by combining ICE’s institutional scale and credibility with Polymarket’s shopper savvy, we will ship world-class merchandise for the trendy investor.”
The deal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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