Meta tests 'Takes' prediction-market app
Meta employees are testing an internal app where users wager virtual 'cred' points on real-world events, per the WSJ.
Confirmed
- Meta employees are testing an internal app called Takes, per the WSJ
- Takes lets users wager virtual 'cred' points, not money, on real-world events
Not yet known
- Whether Meta will release Takes publicly
- Whether Cred points can be converted into tokens or have any monetary value
- How points are awarded beyond the WSJ summary that correct predictions earn them
What we know
The Block reports, citing the Wall Street Journal, that the app, called Takes, lets users wager 'cred' points instead of money, unlike Kalshi and Polymarket. Correct predictions earn points, according to the WSJ summary. Crypto figures joked about converting Cred into tokens.
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