Polymarket · Wall Street · CoinDesk
Polymarket unlocks $5 trillion private market for retail traders, previously reserved for elites
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Polymarket is opening a new corner of finance to retail traders: betting on the future of private companies.
Key facts
- Nasdaq Private Market will act as the official data provider for the contracts
- The crypto-based prediction platform has introduced markets tied to private-company milestones through a partnership with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), which will provide the data used to resolve
- The new markets let users speculate on events surrounding privately held firms, including valuation targets, IPO timing and secondary share activity
- Polymarket is opening a new corner of finance to retail traders: betting on the future of private companies
Summary
Polymarket has partnered with Nasdaq Private Market to introduce crypto-based prediction markets tied to milestones of privately held companies. The new contracts let retail traders bet on outcomes such as valuations, IPO timing and secondary share activity for unicorns that have historically been accessible only to institutional and accredited investors. Nasdaq Private Market will supply transaction and valuation data to resolve the yes-or-no contracts, which the companies say could also provide real-time price discovery signals for major startups. The crypto-based prediction platform has introduced markets tied to private-company milestones through a partnership with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), which will provide the data used to resolve the contracts.