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Edition 01 · 7 September 2026

The Truth Machine Got Rich the Year Its Story Fell Apart

Prediction Markets Report 2026

Authors
Dren Hima and Atis Shala
Interviewees
Dr. Robin Hanson, Dr. Rajiv Sethi and Wasim Fukase
Topics
  • Prediction markets
  • Event contracts
  • Kalshi
  • Polymarket
  • CFTC
  • Regulation
  • Sports contracts
  • Market structure
  • Liquidity
  • Calibration
  • Wash trading
  • Oracles
  • Insider trading
  • DARPA

Seventy-eight pages of charts, filings and interviews. Downloads instantly.