Geopolitics
Prediction Markets: The Imperial Casino Laundering Geopolitical Violence
Prediction markets on platforms like Polymarket saw massive bets anticipating the precise timing of the US-Israeli strike that killed Iran's Supreme Leader, with insider-like trading activity suggesting leaks, not collective wisdom, drove the movements. This exposes how unregulated 'information markets' can be weaponized by imperialist intelligence apparatuses for covert profit and information laundering, undermining the sovereignty of nations in the Global South like Iran and creating a dangerous new frontier of financialized warfare.
