iPredicta Insights

Editorial analysis,
updated as markets move

Politics, economy, crypto, sports, tech, culture, geopolitics and climate, written by the iPredicta team. Each piece links to the live market on Polymarket or Kalshi so you can act on what you read.

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Sports

England's flat friendly under Tuchel: one warm-up left, and the knockout market still prices a stroll

Phil McNulty calls England's friendly a training game. With one warm-up left before the World Cup, the Polymarket knockout contract is still priced for a stroll.

7 June 2026
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Sports

Antonelli's Monaco pole and the prediction market that just got a jolt

Kimi Antonelli beat Max Verstappen to pole at Monaco. Here's what the qualifying shock means for the Polymarket pole contract and Sunday's race odds.

7 June 2026
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Crypto

Bitcoin's 2026 Price Market Lurches From 10% to 81%, and the Question Is Which Number

Polymarket's Bitcoin 2026 price market swung 71 points in a session. We unpack what the contract actually resolves on, and why the move matters.

6 June 2026
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Sports

The wallchart is out, and the World Cup market has already picked its favourites

The Guardian's 2026 World Cup wallchart lands with 48 teams to fill in. Polymarket has already drawn its own bracket, with Spain and France level on top at 16%.

5 June 2026
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Politics

The Home Office can't count, and the snap election market just noticed

The Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in the UK. Why that admission matters for the snap UK general election market on Kalshi.

5 June 2026
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Sports

New Zealand are the tournament's longest shot, and the market agrees

The All Whites arrive at World Cup 2026 as the lowest-ranked side in the field. Polymarket's outright market makes that brutally clear. What does it mean for Group G?

5 June 2026
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Crypto

Bitcoin's worst week since the FTX collapse, and what the prediction markets think happens next

Bitcoin is heading for its biggest weekly loss since November 2022 after a Strategy sale rattled traders. Here is what prediction markets are pricing in.

5 June 2026
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Sports

FIFA's water bottle ban, a sweltering World Cup, and the market that hasn't blinked

FIFA banned refillable bottles from World Cup 2026 stadiums days before kickoff. Fans are furious, the heat is real, but the winner market on Polymarket has barely moved.

4 June 2026
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Sports

Three friends, 10,500 miles, and a market that does not care

Three Argentina fans cycled 10,500 miles to Kansas City for the World Cup opener. The Polymarket price says the journey may not end the way they hope.

4 June 2026
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Sports

Bielsa, Uruguay and the World Cup market that keeps forgetting them

Marcelo Bielsa takes Uruguay to the 2026 World Cup in Group H, but Polymarket has the Celeste priced as an afterthought behind Spain, France and Brazil.

4 June 2026
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Sports

Excited but wary: what the host-city mood says about the World Cup market

Fans across 16 host cities tell the Guardian they're excited but angry about ticket prices and Fifa. Here's what the World Cup winner market on Polymarket actually shows.

4 June 2026
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Sports

Lamine Yamal at 18: the favourite-tier weight on a teenager who refuses the Messi script

Lamine Yamal carries Spain's World Cup hopes at 18, ducks Messi comparisons, and sits behind a 15.95% favourite tag on Polymarket. What the price implies.

4 June 2026