Polymarket opens Washington bar for watching geopolitics markets and breaking news

Polymarket is known for turning world news into tradable probabilities, but now it is trying something similar in the physical world. The prediction market says it is opening a Washington, D.C., bar called “The Situation Room,” a venue built for people who like to watch global events unfold in real time.

The company describes the spot as “the world’s first bar dedicated to monitoring the situation,” and plans to fill it with the same information streams traders follow online. Inside...