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Will Ronaldo Cry? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. Bellingcat is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 30 Jul 2026, 11:17 UTC. The headline in use is “Will Ronaldo Cry? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Football fans wagered more than US $14 billion on the FIFA World Cup through prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, a Bellingcat analysis has found. On the crypto-based Polymarket, which provides more information about individual trading accounts than its rival American site Kalshi, we also found that just 1% of users…
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Will Ronaldo Cry? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets
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