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Prediction markets like Polymarket have turned bank failure into something you can bet on, and that blurs the line between sentiment and stress. When regulators start asking hard questions about market integrity and moral hazard, trading venues and market infrastructure stocks feel it first. This piece unpacks three stocks exposed to that regulatory storm, outlining…

RIYADH: Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $1.7 billion across 242 funding rounds in the first half of 2026, as investors continued to deploy capital despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty, according to Wamda’s H1 2026 report.