And, the poor little prediction market that got overshadowed

December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Prediction Markets

From TechCrunch:AskMarkets Launches Prediction Market For Crunchbase. Who’s Going To The DeadPool?

Despite the TechCrunch connection, I suspect that predictionmarketologists will take a keener interest in the HSX news, since getting new real money prediction markets in the US has faced a tad bit of trouble over the last few years.

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