Polymarket unlocks $5 trillion private market for retail traders, previously reserved for elites
CoinDesk
Polymarket and Nasdaq Private Market are launching prediction markets allowing retail traders to speculate on milestones for high-value private companies.Summary
Polymarket has partnered with Nasdaq Private Market to enable retail investors to bet on the milestones of private companies, a sector previously exclusive to wealthy and institutional investors. By utilizing data from Nasdaq Private Market, users can trade prediction contracts related to IPO timing, valuation targets, and secondary share activity for nearly 1,600 global unicorns. While these contracts do not provide actual equity ownership, they aim to bridge the accessibility gap and potentially offer a real-time signal for price discovery regarding the trajectory of major startups.
(Source：CoinDesk)