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Prediction Markets Get Tangled In the Iran War

Reporter threatened by Polymarket users who bet on the attacks
A Polymarket advertisement in a subway station in New York. The prediction market has been criticized for allowing bets on the war in Iran.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Marissa Newman reports on the collision of Polymarket users and a reporter covering the war in Iran.

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