diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/ice.md b/entities/internet-finance/ice.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bbf71b8eb --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/ice.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) + +**Type:** company +**Status:** active +**Domain:** internet-finance + +## Overview + +Intercontinental Exchange operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), CBOE holdings, and multiple commodity exchanges. ICE represents traditional financial infrastructure entering the prediction market space. + +## Timeline + +- **2025-10-XX** — Announced $2B strategic investment in Polymarket at $8B valuation with exclusive rights to distribute Polymarket's real-time probability data +- **2026-02-XX** — Launched "Polymarket Signals and Sentiment" product distributing Polymarket probability data +- **2026-03-XX** — Completed $600M direct cash investment in Polymarket + +## Strategic Position + +ICE's investment positions prediction markets as legitimate financial data infrastructure alongside options pricing and bond yields. The exclusive data distribution rights suggest ICE views probability distributions over events as a new asset class for institutional clients. + +## Sources + +- Cryip: ICE $600M Polymarket investment (2026-02-01) +- TRM Labs: Prediction market scale analysis (2026) \ No newline at end of file