Trader Picks: The Quirkiest Prediction Market Contracts We Found This Week

If prediction markets harness the wisdom of crowds to forecast the future, then the future involves celebrity divorces, subversive street art, a distinct lack of aliens, and, inevitably, endless Elon Musk social media posts. Here are some of the quirkiest markets attracting attention this week. Will the US Finally Admit Aliens Exist? Forget elections and economic forecasts. Some prediction market traders are interested in a rather bigger question: Are we alone in the universe? One of Polymarket’s long-running contracts asks whether the US government will officially come clean about the existence of extraterrestrials before 2027.