Zuckerberg asks Meta to explore working with Polymarket and Kalshi, NYT reports

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has asked teams to explore possible partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi while Meta builds its own prediction-market product. The article says Meta’s internal app, Arena, would use points instead of real-money wagers and may later connect with Facebook and Messenger. It also notes that prediction markets have grown quickly since the 2024 U.S. presidential election and now face greater regulatory scrutiny. This matters for software and platform vendors because Meta may need integration, product, compliance, or partnership support as it evaluates how to launch and scale the service.

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