“The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.”
“The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.” How many people will the Trump administration deport this year ? Will Gaza suffer from mass famine ? These are serious questions with lives at stake. They’re also betting propositions that two buzzy startups will let you gamble on. The 2018 legalization of sports betting gave rise to a host of apps making it ever easier to gamble on games. Kalshi and Polymarket offer that service, but also much more. One can now find a place to bet, for instance, on the presidential and midterm elections , the next Israeli bombing campaign , or whether Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg will get divorced.