Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), a Fortune 500 company and the parent company of the world’s largest New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced plans to invest up to $2 billion in the crypto-based betting platform Polymarket, marking one of the most significant moves by a traditional financial institution into decentralized prediction markets.

The deal, announced Tuesday, values Polymarket at about $8 billion. Under the partnership, ICE will distribute Polymarket’s event-driven data to global clients, offering market sentiment insights drawn from real-world predictions.

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