{"product_id":"the-billion-dollar-bet-j-f-sachs-9798232316136","title":"The Billion-Dollar Bet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Billion-Dollar Bet: How Shayne Coplan Built Polymarket and Changed Prediction Markets Forever\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inside story of the most controversial startup of the 2020s, a crypto prediction market that called the election, minted a billionaire, and attracted an FBI raid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 13, 2024, FBI agents raided the Manhattan apartment of Shayne Coplan, seizing phones and computers from the 26-year-old CEO of Polymarket. Just one week earlier, his prediction market platform had stunned the world by accurately forecasting Donald Trump's presidential victory while traditional polls predicted a toss-up. Now, the youngest self-made billionaire in America faced potential criminal charges for the very innovation that had made him famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Billion-Dollar Bet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003etells the extraordinary story of how Coplan built Polymarket from a dorm-room idea into a platform processing billions in bets and how he became the most visible test case for whether prediction markets represent the future of forecasting or a dangerous experiment in unregulated gambling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Battle for the Future\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Polymarket faces existential legal threats, its story becomes a proxy battle for larger conflicts: crypto versus traditional finance, innovation versus regulation, decentralization versus control, and new sources of truth versus established authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe outcome will determine whether prediction markets become mainstream infrastructure for decision-making or remain forever controversial. Whether Shayne Coplan is remembered as a visionary who revolutionized forecasting or a cautionary tale about the dangers of moving too fast in regulated spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. F. Sachs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232316136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J.F. Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.84d","brand":"J. F. Sachs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474634883327,"sku":"9798232316136","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b012c566-cb08-4f5a-babe-abe6562d96d8.jpg?v=1762317951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-billion-dollar-bet-j-f-sachs-9798232316136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}