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Polymarket CEO says his prediction market is "the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now."

2025-12-01 News & Politics
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Prediction Markets: How Poly Market Uses Crowd Wisdom to Forecast Global Events

Discover how Shayne Coplan's Poly Market harnesses collective betting data to create predictions more accurate than traditional polling, achieving a $9 billion valuation. Understand the mechanics, the regulatory battles, and the investor appeal of this new form of information aggregation.

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  • Poly Market aggregates user bets on nearly any question, turning collective wagering into probabilistic outcomes, often outperforming established forecasting methods.
  • The platform successfully predicted various high-stakes events, including specific election outcomes and candidate decisions, demonstrating the "wisdom of crowds."
  • Despite rapid growth and major investment ($2B from NYSE owner), the company faced significant regulatory scrutiny, resulting in fines and operational shifts. This summary outlines the core function of prediction markets and the high-stakes journey of Poly Market from its inception to achieving unicorn status amid legal challenges.

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Shayne Coplan started building Polymarket five years ago when he was 21. On his prediction market, now valued at $9 billion, users can put up money and bet against each other on nearly anything. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/full-episodes/ Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook: https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on X: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@Meowhsss 2025-12-01

That’s a long winded way to say it’s straight up gambling

943 29 replies
@George_Stat 2025-12-01

So the presidents son is heavily invested in, and an advisor for, a company where you can gamble directly on the president’s decisions…

804 33 replies
@Obliq-t7s 2025-12-01

The level of corruption in our government is crazy

615 17 replies
@GhostLyricist 2025-12-01

The fact that they keep calling this prediction markets and not gambling, just backs up that this is an ad.

575 21 replies
@paulplymouth348 2025-12-01

9:55 "not breaking the law...It's incompatible with the law" Can't wait to try that with my next speeding ticket 😂

543 7 replies
@oscar.thegreattube 2025-12-01

"it's incompatible with the regulatory matrix" - i'll use that

402 3 replies
@stkhnds 2025-12-01

“Having an edge to the market is a good thing.” He means insider information like when senators and representatives buy stock after getting insider information on a particular industry.

217 6 replies
@matto3113 2025-12-01

What odds does the system give itself for being a scam?

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@no1boundaries-ej7vp 2025-12-01

“It wasn’t a fine it was a settlement” 😂😂😂 my whole life 😂😂😂

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@MachWonder 2025-12-02

Another guy found a way to take everyone’s money

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