Started by Priyanka Sethi (@priyankasethi) ·
whatever happened to Intrade?
In the 2000s Intrade prices got quoted on the news almost like polls. Then the CFTC sued it in 2012 for taking US customers, and in early 2013 it halted trading, citing possible financial irregularities. Its founder had died on Everest two years before.
5 sources · 37 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “what happened to intrade”
- Ended at
- Ended up reading old forum threads from people trying to get their balances back.
The Trail
- “what happened to intrade” (google.com)
- Intrade (en.wikipedia.org)
- Tradesports (en.wikipedia.org)
same founder, same Dublin setup, sports first
- United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (en.wikipedia.org)
- “why did intrade shut down” (reddit.com)
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