In Brief
Posted:
12:19 PM PDT · June 23, 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg is betting that prediction markets are the future.
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants Meta to have its own prediction market app.
Meta launches Arena, a gamified prediction market (no real money initially), targeting Polymarket/Kalshi's tens-of-billions trading boom. Plays for engagement-behavior monetization; regulatory risk mounting (state gambling suits, insider-trade investigations).
In Brief
Posted:
12:19 PM PDT · June 23, 2026
Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images
Mark Zuckerberg is betting that prediction markets are the future.

Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market, report says

Mark Zuckerberg Plans To Take On Polymarket, Kalshi With 'Arena' Prediction Markets App - Meta Platforms

Meta's Zuckerberg wants to build prediction market app like Polymarket and Kalshi: NYT

Mark Zuckerberg Wants a Prediction Market Too: NYT - Decrypt

Zuckerberg Orders Meta Into Prediction Markets With New App Codenamed 'Arena'

Mark Zuckerberg Ordered Meta Staff to Develop Moneyless Prediction Market: NYT

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to create a prediction markets app: Report

Meta’s Arena app: Why Zuckerberg wants a slice of the prediction markets boom?

Meta’s Arena app: Why Zuckerberg wants a slice of the prediction markets boom

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to create a prediction markets app: NYT - The Economic Times