World Cup bets smash records as prediction markets hit $20 billion in volume

AI Summary Markets ranged from the simple question of who would win the tournament to whether Cristiano Ronaldo would cry when Portugal were eliminated (he did). fulltext: 150 chars | fulltext source: rss-fallback | summary method: extractive Original: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/31/world-cup-bets-smash-records-as-prediction-markets-hit-usd20-billion-in-volume Source: CoinDesk