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RE: LeoThread 2025-10-16 17-25

in LeoFinance3 days ago

Part 8/11:

A broader perspective is offered on the significance of prediction markets. The market’s predominantly sports-driven initial focus is shifting toward other sectors like politics and economic indicators, which raises critical questions about regulation and manipulation. For example, trading on upcoming U.S. elections has proven profitable but also raises issues of insider information, especially if data points like Tesla's windshields are used to infer stock movements.

There is concern about manipulation at the micro-contract level, where individual betting patterns may influence market perceptions and outcomes. Regulatory bodies will need to address issues around downstream information sharing and whether such predictions can be used to influence securities or commodities trading.