EDGE MARKETS RAISES $29.2M FOR PREDICTION MARKET BANKING
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Edge Markets, a provider of banking infrastructure for gambling and prediction markets, secured $29.2M in Series A funding led by CoinFund. The capital will support the company's real-time payment services on platforms like Kalshi.
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