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‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi

Online bettors have raked in cash on the war in Iran and the abduction of the Venezuelan president. Can they gamify Basquiat and Picasso auction results?

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According to ARTnews’s source item, ‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi, Online bettors have raked in cash on the war in Iran and the abduction of the Venezuelan president. Can they gamify Basquiat and Picasso auction results?

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