In 2003 the Institute of Physics at the Academia Sinica established Taiwan's first prediction market: the Taiwan Political Exchange (TAIPEX). Its goal was to handle trading on predictions for the Taiwan presidential elections. It came into operation during the 2004 presidential election campaigns.
台灣方面，則在 2003 年由中研院物理所設立國內第一個預測市場「台灣政治期貨交易中心」，目標鎖定總統大選進行交易，初試啼聲的第一砲就是 2004 年總統大選。