Four tiers of consent.
We default to "listed if you're already public" because the alternative is a permission-based market that reflects only the brave. That's a bad market and a worse signal. But participation, verification, and exit are all under your control. Pick your tier:
Public figures who cross the eligibility threshold are listed without action on their part. Threshold is published: 100k followers across major platforms, sitting public office, repeated tier-1 press mentions, or a Wikipedia article. The market reflects what is already public; we are not inventing exposure.
Verified subjects get a checkmark, an analytics dashboard, and the ability to post short context notes that appear next to their market. There is no charge to verify and no commitment beyond identity confirmation. Verification is reversible.
Partners receive 30% of the trading fees collected on their market. They get a partner badge, deeper analytics, and an editorial seat in catalog decisions about their subject. This is the program for subjects who want to lean in.
Verified subjects can request delisting at any time. The market closes within 48 hours, open positions are settled at the last index print, and the page goes dark. There is no fee, no friction, and no requirement to provide a reason. Your name, your call.
What we will never do.
- List private people. The threshold is a hard floor, not a guideline. Civilians do not have markets.
- List minors. Anyone under 18, regardless of follower count or public visibility, is ineligible.
- List bodily or medical events. No markets on health, life expectancy, pregnancy, or anything resembling them. Public-figure status does not extend to their body.
- Sell your data. The catalog metrics that feed the index are aggregated, public sources. We do not buy or resell behavioral data about subjects.
- Reject delisting requests from verified subjects. Forty-eight hours, no fee, no questions, every time.
The honest pitch.
A market on you, fairly run, is the closest thing the internet has to a continuous Q score that you don't have to pay a research firm to see. Your mark goes up when the catalog says you're rising. It goes down when it says you're falling. Traders make money being right and lose it being wrong. You get a clean readout, a fee share if you want it, and the door any time you don't.
We think most public figures will leave the market alone and ignore us. That's fine. We think a meaningful minority will lean in and turn the market into a real signal about their work. That's the point.