The prediction market would've paid out to traders if a nuclear weapon had been detonated anywhere in the world before a specific date.Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Nuclear detonation could mark the start of World War III, plunging the planet into the deadliest conflict in human history. But on the bright side, it could have turned a profit for a few lucky ...

Polymarket removed a market that allowed traders to bet on the likelihood of a nuclear detonation around the world, after the U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran led to a spike in trading and sudden ...