Polymarket and Nasdaq Private Market launch prediction markets for retail bets on private-company events

Polymarket launched prediction markets tied to private companies through a partnership with Nasdaq Private Market, marking an expansion of the crypto-based prediction platform into private-firm events ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

The new markets will let users trade on outcomes such as valuation changes, IPO timing and secondary-market activity; Nasdaq Private Market will serve as the official data provider used to resolve those markets, according to reporting ^{[3] [4] [5]}.

Polymarket framed the rollout as a move beyond traditional crypto and political prediction markets, aiming to give retail traders access to private-market information that has largely been reserved for institutional investors ^{[1] [5]}.

Reporting describes the tie-up as one of the first on-chain prediction-market moves into private companies and notes Nasdaq Private Market will provide the data used to settle outcomes ^{[3] [1]}.