Cboe launches S&P 500 prediction contracts
Cboe Global Markets has launched Cboe Predicts, a prediction market platform offering binary contracts tied to the daily closing level of the S&P 500 index.

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Cboe Global Markets has launched Cboe Predicts, a prediction market platform offering binary contracts tied to the daily closing level of the S&P 500 index.
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