DECRYPT · 2026-10-05 16:03 UTC

NEXTPredict Founder: 'Nobody Was Serving' Prediction Markets' Enormous Audience

NEXTPredict conference runs October 22-23 in New York with 50+ speakers and 2,500 expected attendees; founder Pierre Lindh says prediction markets have a massive audience but nobody was covering them to journalistic standards. Polymarket has 283,300 monthly active users (down from 750,000 peak in spring); Kalshi added 3 million users during 2026 World Cup with $1.2 billion traded on tournament winner contract. Survey projects crypto traders using prediction markets rising from 22% to 27%; Federal Reserve researchers found Kalshi's macroeconomic contracts matched conventional forecasting and…

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