“Ethereum is on the way to becoming a whale chain,” said Gnosis co-founder Stefan George. That’s why his team’s tech is moving to xDai.
Prediction Markets’ Time Has Come, but They Aren’t Ready for It
After the pundits so badly misjudged the 2016 U.S. presidential election, prediction markets should be booming ahead of Nov. 3. Why aren’t they?
5 Years After Launch, Predictions Market Platform Augur Releases Version 2
Augur v2 has all the bells and whistles: Interplanetary File System (IPFS), 0x Mesh, MakerDAO’s dai and Uniswap’s v2 oracle network.
Augur’s Revamped Predictions Platform Launches Next Month With a New Token
The blockchain predictions platform is upgrading to version 2 in July, but users will have to migrate to a new token if they want to use it.
This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence
Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.
This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence
Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.
Startup Veil Forks Augur to Create Prediction Markets for 2020 Election
Veil says no one has been able to support long-running markets on Augur, so they’re creating AugurLite for early bets on the presidential election.
Numerai Token Sale Raises $11 Million From VC Firms Paradigm, Placeholder
Hedge fund and predictions market startup Numerai just closed an $11 million round led by Paradigm and Placeholder.
LedgerX Unveils Betting Market for 2020’s Bitcoin Block Reward Halving
The bitcoin block reward will be cut in half next year – and soon, market watchers can place bets on exactly when the subsidy halving will happen.
Augur Interface Veil Acquires Search Engine for Prediction Markets
Veil has acquired Predictions.Global, the leading site for exploring Augur data.
US Elections Push Augur’s Total Ether Bets Over $2 Million
Betting on elections to the U.S. House has brought over $700,000 onto the platform, pushing the midterms market into the top spot.
CFTC Official Warns Smart Contract Designers Over Predictive Code
Smart contract coders could be held liable for providing predictive “event contracts” on a blockchain, a CFTC commissioner has said.
Crypto Prediction Market Augur Is Gearing Up for Its First Major Upgrade
Can a “faster, better, cheaper” Augur attract the user base it needs in order to succeed?
The Weirdest Prediction Markets on Augur Right Now
Many have high hopes for ethereum-based prediction market Augur; others only seem interested in using it for some old-fashioned internet trolling.
Where Have All the Augur Users Gone?
Following an impressive launch, Augur’s user base has been slipping. Could thin liquidity be the culprit?
The First Augur Assassination Markets Have Arrived
People are now placing bets on whether public figures will be assassinated on decentralized prediction market Augur.
Augur Betting Volumes Just Topped $1 Million (And They’re Accelerating)
Data shared with CoinDesk shows a rapid spike in betting on Augur, a decentralized platform that’s been live for just a few days.
Market Mania Is Unavoidable, But Crypto Must Get Past It
There has to be broad-based value to society if blockchain technology and the market it supports are to survive and prosper, argues Michael J. Casey.
Augur Is Live: Decentralized Prediction Market Launches After 2-Year Beta
A platform for creating decentralized prediction markets, which held one of the first-ever ICOs, has gone live. Finally.