Bets On Death Of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei And Others Draw Scrutiny

I'm Contessa Brewer at CNBC. We're watching the prediction markets surrounding event contracts on Iran over the weekend, as the US military was striking targets in Iran, and Iran was striking targets across the Middle East. The prediction markets did incredible volume.For instance, cash volume was up 23% month over month, according to Piper Sandler. We also saw similar growth for Polymarket and Polymarket. Trading in particular, grabbed a lot of attention because at least half a dozen trades came in right b ...