, /PRNewswire/ -- , the world's largest prediction market, welcomes statistician and FiveThirtyEight founder who will join the company's advisory board. Silver joins former CFTC Chairman on the advisory board, as Polymarket continues to see record trading volume, and to emerge as a vital source of trusted real-time information in the run up to the 2024 election. Polymarket has seen staggering growth in 2024 with over of predictions made so far this year.
This includes over of predictions made on the day of the first U.S. presidential debate.
Polymarket forecasts are consistently cited as a source of real-time truth by politicians and media outlets, as well as relied upon by millions of news consumers worldwide. "I grew up following Nate's work on election forecasting and it's a dream come true to welcome him to Polymarket's advisory board," said , founder + CEO of Polymarket. "Over the course of his career Nate has played a pivotal role in mainstreaming political forecasting.
This election cycle, Polymarket has emerged as the key destination for election forecasts, and Nate's guidance will be critical in helping us take our offering to the next level." "I'm thrilled to join Polymarket as an advisor. Prediction markets are playing an increasingly vital role in helping people understand and plan for the future.
Polymarket's scale and structure are providing for considerably more robust and efficient trading than we've seen in the past," said . "In the context of the current ele.