NYSE Owner Invests in Polymarket

Updated: 2026.01.13 16D ago 3 sources
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange, is said to be investing $2 billion in Polymarket, an Ethereum‑based prediction market. Tabarrok says NYSE will use Polymarket data to sharpen forecasts, and points to decision‑market pilots like conditional markets on Tesla’s compensation vote. — Wall Street’s embrace of prediction markets could normalize market‑based forecasting and decision tools across business and policy, shifting how institutions aggregate and act on information.

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Scott Alexander 2026.01.13 68% relevant
Astral Codex Ten documents Polymarket’s move onshore, growth to billions in monthly volume and the rise of market founders as wealthy players—this connects to the existing note that exchange/Wall‑Street capital is entering prediction markets, shifting who governs them and raising competition/regulatory questions.
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The article concerns Polymarket specifically (the same platform referenced in the existing idea). It reports a concrete governance event—the platform refusing to pay a large wager over whether the US 'invaded' Venezuela—illustrating operational, legal and reputational risks predicted by the existing item about Polymarket and exchange‑backed prediction markets.
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ICE’s announced $2B investment and claim that NYSE will use Polymarket data, as reported in the article.
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