Polymarket Launches OpenAI, Anthropic Markets as CFTC Lobbying Report Details Push for Approvals
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Updated · Wealth Management · May 26
Polymarket Launches OpenAI, Anthropic Markets as CFTC Lobbying Report Details Push for Approvals
8 articles · Updated · Wealth Management · May 26
Polymarket has rolled out prediction contracts tied to private-company milestones, letting users bet on OpenAI and Anthropic valuations, IPO timing and secondary-market activity.
Nasdaq Private Market will exclusively supply the resolution data that determines whether those contracts pay out, giving the new market an external benchmark.
The launch coincides with a New York Times report that Polymarket and other prediction-market and crypto firms lobbied behind the scenes for CFTC approvals.
The report said Caroline D. Pham, then acting CFTC chair, and a senior counsel intervened to help firms secure what they wanted, according to people familiar with the matter.
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