Gate Integrates Polymarket:
Polymarket is a blockchain-based decentralized prediction market platform where users can trade bets on the outcomes of various future events including politics, economics, sports, and cryptocurrency, forming collective predictions on event developments.
Unlike traditional gambling, Polymarket's core mechanism is that users can exit at any time before the event result is confirmed, selling their betting shares. This means that after placing a bet, funds generate floating gains or losses as probabilities change, allowing users to choose to take profits or cut losses midway based on probability fluctuations, rather than passively waiting for results. For example, when predicting whether the Federal Reserve will cut rates, even before the final outcome is determined, each change in probability corresponds to tradable spread opportunities. This mechanism financializes prediction probabilities, enabling flexible buy-low-sell-high operations.
Polymarket's connections to the crypto space are mainly reflected in three aspects: First, the underlying infrastructure is based on blockchain smart contracts for transaction processing and settlement, with automatic execution once event results are confirmed; Second, it supports cryptocurrency deposits and trading, allowing users to transfer funds from accounts like Gate for use, or directly call decentralized wallets; Third, the platform provides predictions on cryptocurrency price movements, enabling users to place bets on Bitcoin price directions across multiple timeframes such as 5 minutes, 1 hour, and 4 hours, creating new trading scenarios for users with market analysis capabilities.
There are mainly two paths to making money using Polymarket in crypto:
One is quantified compounding in prediction markets. Similar to traditional quantitative trading, users can design trading strategies through programs based on indicators, trading volume, mathematical models, and other factors, with automatic execution when market conditions meet buy or sell criteria. Applying quantitative strategies to Polymarket's probability trading can achieve programmatic arbitrage in prediction markets.
The other is obtaining Polymarket airdrops. Currently, Polymarket accumulates points through trading volume, with potential to exchange for airdrop tokens in the future. According to market expectations, Polymarket may launch its token in the latter half of this year or next year, with continuous traders eligible for airdrop rewards, with estimated airdrop value per account ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 USD.
Overall, Polymarket provides crypto users with a new event-probability-based trading option beyond spot and derivatives markets. Its mechanism allowing exit at any time reduces the uncertainty of betting, while deep integration with the crypto ecosystem improves capital flow efficiency. With Gate's official integration, the entry barrier for users to this market has been further lowered, and prediction markets are gradually becoming an indispensable supplementary track in the crypto trading sector.
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