2026-01-12 11:26:35

The momentum of this wave in the prediction market is quite fierce. Polymarket and Kalshi, two leading prediction market platforms, alone surpassed $10 billion in trading volume in November 2025. The founders of these two platforms have thus made it onto Forbes' list of self-made billionaires under 30, truly young and accomplished.

But you might not realize how exaggerated this number is—comparing it to the US lottery, which had total sales of only $13.7 billion for the entire year of 2024. In other words, the trading volume of these two prediction market platforms in just one month is close to the total annual scale of the US lottery.

What does this indicate? The prediction market sector is experiencing exponential growth, and the market demand for such platforms far exceeds expectations. On-chain financial innovation is redefining the scope of trading markets.

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AirdropHarvester

· 3h ago

Damn, 10 billion in a month? This is way more exciting than buying a lottery ticket.

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ImpermanentLossFan

· 4h ago

100 billion a month, this is really not bragging, the lottery is directly being rubbed on the ground.

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WhaleWatcher

· 4h ago

100 billion a month? If that were in the lottery, it would have blown up long ago.

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NFTArchaeologist

· 4h ago

Eating up a whole year's worth of lottery tickets in one month? That's pretty crazy... It feels like the prediction market is really about to take off.

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SchrodingerAirdrop

· 4h ago

A month of outperforming the entire year's lottery... The benchmark is truly impressive, the prediction market is really about to take off.

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BearMarketBarber

· 4h ago

A month of sports lottery equals a year, this number is indeed outrageous... --- Is the prediction market really about to take off? Feels like the next explosion is right in front of us --- No wonder so many people are all in on the prediction market; the growth is so crazy --- No one in the sports lottery industry makes more than a month all year round; this gap is a bit terrifying --- Exponential growth is no joke; walking the on-chain finance path was the right choice --- Two platforms broke 10 billion in a month, outperforming most traditional financial products --- Once again, these young founders are on the Forbes list, truly reaching another dimension of competition --- If this growth rate can be maintained, the prediction market will surpass the traditional gambling market in minutes --- The sports lottery is being crushed like this; traditional finance should really be worried --- Even the sports lottery is used as a benchmark... the scale and imagination of the prediction market are truly vast

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