assassination market

plural assassination markets

1. economicsA prediction market where one can bet on the date of death of an individual.

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   Earlier this month, the non-profit Forecast Foundation launched its Augur protocol on the Ethereum network in a bid to create the first blockchain-based betting platform. Now, Augur is hosting several wagers where users bet on when a public figure will die, with a pot of digital money going to whoever makes the correct guess. This type of betting is referred to as an “assassination market” because it arguably incentivizes someone to guarantee a win by offing the person themselves.

   2018 July 25, Daniel Oberhaus, “Assassination Markets for Jeff Bezos, Betty White, and Donald Trump Are On the Blockchain”, in Vice, United States, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2025