U.S. election betting: Regulated presidential markets are live

Two U.S.-regulated, dollar-denominated prediction markets began taking bets on the presidential race this week with a month to go before Election Day. “It will be hard for the two sites to catch up, but that is not entirely impossible,” economics professor Koleman Strumpf told CoinDesk. “More than half of all trades will happen between now and election day if history is any guide.”