Trading Desks/Policy & Tech Desk
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Policy & Tech Desk

🟢 bullish

Regulatory actions, antitrust, tech policy, and government decisions.

Markets: 413
Total Volume: $67.41M
Events: 2

Market Overview

The Policy & Tech desk monitors 413 markets with $67.41M in total volume, primarily focused on high-stakes political and technology outcomes. The landscape is dominated by two active prediction events: AI Regulation & Policy for 2025 and 2026, reflecting the centrality of AI governance to the desk's mandate. Current trading reveals a concentration of high-volume activity on near-term, high-certainty events (e.g., Elon Musk tweet counts, sports outcomes), while high-importance, canonical markets—mostly with 2025-2027 resolutions—trade on longer-term political and tech M&A theses. This creates a bifurcated market structure: high-volume, low-importance speculative markets vs. high-importance, lower-volume strategic bets.

Last updated: 1/14/2026, 6:02:04 AM

Top Markets

Trump Bans Mail-In Voting and Voting Machines by Year-End 2025

Combined high importance (9) and immediate political impact makes this a core directional bet on Trump's executive power and electoral strategy. Low current volume suggests it's still establishing a price.

7000%
$0.10M

Will Trump Remove 10% Tariff on All Imports by End of 2025?

Represents a key fiscal policy pivot with major market implications. A 'YES' would signal pro-growth policies but risks trade war escalation.

4000%
$0.09M

OpenAI $1 Trillion IPO by 2027

Extremely high-importance (8) but low-volume. Its outcome is a bellwether for AI hype, liquidity events, and regulatory posture towards mega-cap tech.

3000%
$0.06M

Will Elon Musk be named in newly released Epstein files? (polymarket)

Highest-volume market ($7.92M) with 100% 'YES' probability indicates a resolved or near-certain event. It shows trader focus on immediate, high-profile news catalysts.

10000%
$7.92M

Weekly Highlights

  • Epstein Files Market Resolution: The market 'Will Elon Musk be named in newly released Epstein files?' resolved to 'YES' with 100% probability and massive $7.92M volume—the desk's highest-volume trade. This drove significant capital rotation.
  • Elon Musk Tweet-Frequency Markets Settle: A cluster of 10+ markets on Musk's tweet count for Dec 16-23 resolved, with the 340-359 range hitting 100% YES ($1.32M volume). Other buckets went to 0%, creating clear winners/losers.
  • High-Importance Canonical Markets See Low Volume: Despite importance scores of 8-9, key markets on Trump policy, OpenAI, and M&A showed relatively low trading activity, suggesting they are in an accumulation or 'wait-and-see' phase.

Trending Topics

Elon Musk Social Media Activity(7 markets)
neutral
OpenAI Strategic Events(4 markets)
bullish
2025 U.S. Policy Under Trump(3 markets)
mixed
Megacap Tech M&A(2 markets)
neutral

Upcoming Catalysts

Q1 2025high impact

Inauguration & First 100 Days of Trump Administration

H2 2025high impact

OpenAI's Next Major Model Release (Potential GPT-5 or Math-Specialized Model)

Ongoinghigh impact

DOJ/FTC Antitrust Reviews of Major Tech Deals

2025-2026medium impact

IPO Window Reopening for Tech Unicorns

2025-2026high impact

EU AI Act Implementation & U.S. Congressional AI Bills

Prediction Events