{"product_id":"the-billion-dollar-bet-paperback","title":"The Billion-Dollar Bet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. F. Sachs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Billion-Dollar Bet: How Shayne Coplan Built Polymarket and Changed Prediction Markets Forever\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inside story of the most controversial startup of the 2020s, a crypto prediction market that called the election, minted a billionaire, and attracted an FBI raid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 13, 2024, FBI agents raided the Manhattan apartment of Shayne Coplan, seizing phones and computers from the 26-year-old CEO of Polymarket. Just one week earlier, his prediction market platform had stunned the world by accurately forecasting Donald Trump's presidential victory while traditional polls predicted a toss-up. Now, the youngest self-made billionaire in America faced potential criminal charges for the very innovation that had made him famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Billion-Dollar Bet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003etells the extraordinary story of how Coplan built Polymarket from a dorm-room idea into a platform processing billions in bets and how he became the most visible test case for whether prediction markets represent the future of forecasting or a dangerous experiment in unregulated gambling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Battle for the Future\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Polymarket faces existential legal threats, its story becomes a proxy battle for larger conflicts: crypto versus traditional finance, innovation versus regulation, decentralization versus control, and new sources of truth versus established authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe outcome will determine whether prediction markets become mainstream infrastructure for decision-making or remain forever controversial. Whether Shayne Coplan is remembered as a visionary who revolutionized forecasting or a cautionary tale about the dangers of moving too fast in regulated spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157830926399,"sku":"9798232316136","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/mp46jrJZlB9798232316136.webp?v=1776984683","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-billion-dollar-bet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}