Crypto Prediction Markets Are HUGE?! 🤯

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Okay, so apparently, people are actually betting on the future with cryptocurrency. Like, seriously? Who needs a crystal ball when you have…Polygon? This thing called Polymarket – honestly, the name sounds like something you’d find in a sci-fi novel – has apparently done $3 billion worth of trading in October. Three. Billion. By 338,000 people. Which, if you think about it, is a lot of people who think they know better than, well, everyone. And it’s all powered by this thing called USDC, which sounds like a secret agent code.

Some DeFi analyst, Jonaso (sounds very important, doesn’t it? 🧐), declared on X (formerly Twitter, because everything has to change, right?) that prediction markets are “becoming mainstream.” Mainstream! As if predicting the future wasn’t already a niche hobby. Apparently, Polymarket is leading the charge. I’m just trying to predict whether I’ll have time for a second cup of coffee this morning, honestly.

Polymarket saw 338k unique trader addresses | Source: Jonaso, X.com

And because competition is always a thing, Kalshi is apparently doing even bigger numbers – $4.4 billion! – and Limitless has 68,000 users. Honestly, it’s all a bit dizzying. It’s like everyone’s decided to be a professional gambler, but with more complicated technology. Apparently, Yahoo Finance and even Google are getting involved. Which just proves the world is officially weird. 🤷‍♀️

Revolut Partners With Polygon

Speaking of Polygon, it’s doing rather well for itself. Apparently all these successful things like Polymarket are sort of boosting it. Good for them. It’s like when I manage to get myself organised – everything runs a bit smoother. Revolut-apparently Europe’s biggest fintech thingy-has decided to use Polygon for stablecoin payments, crypto trading, and something called “POL staking.” Which, I assume, involves a lot of very serious people in suits.

POL, which used to be MATIC (because renaming things is always necessary), has gone up in price a bit. It’s now at $0.1522, which is up 1.63% and 8.7% from its lowest point. I’m not a financial advisor, but doing anything that’s up 8.7% sounds good to me. 🥳

Polygon (POL) market data and 24-hour price, as of Sept. 18, 2025 | Source: CoinMarketCap

So, basically, while POL does all the technical stuff, Circle’s USDC is the real workhorse here, powering all the betting on Polymarket. It’s a whole complicated ecosystem. I’m going to go back to predicting whether it will rain. It feels…safer. 🙄

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2025-11-19 03:12