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Prediction markets are quietly emerging as one of the most important long-term tracks in Web3. While still small in absolute size compared to DeFi or derivatives, their growth is tightly correlated with real-world uncertainty—elections, geopolitics, macroeconomics, and major global events.
Unlike traditional financial products, prediction markets aggregate dispersed information and individual judgments into probabilistic signals. As information becomes abundant but reliable judgment remains scarce, this mechanism is gaining relevance.
The sector’s potential lies not in short-term speculation, but in becoming a form of cognitive infrastructure—a way to quantify collective expectations and trend momentum. Web3 enables this by making judgments transparent, verifiable, and incentive-aligned.
Challenges remain, including regulatory ambiguity, fragmented liquidity, and user education. Still, the direction is clear.
Current market leaders reflect different paths:
Polymarket leads in liquidity and outcome-focused markets.
ForeGate emphasizes creator-driven markets and long-term judgment value.
Kalshi prioritizes regulation and institutional structure.
Augur and Gnosis represent early decentralized experimentation and infrastructure layers.
As prediction shifts from guessing outcomes to understanding trends, this sector may define the next decade of Web3 evolution.

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