Crypto prediction markets let you bet on real-world outcomes using on-chain smart contracts, with odds set by market participants. Polymarket is the dominant player, but platforms like Gnosis, Azuro, and Augur offer their own takes on decentralized forecasting. This list covers the top venues for participating in or building on crypto-native prediction markets.
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4.7
Polymarket
Polymarket is the largest decentralized prediction market, where users bet USDC on real-world event outcomes including elections, sports, and economic events, providing crowd-sourced probability data.
2
4.6
Gnosis
GNO
Ethereum
Gnosis originated as a prediction market platform and continues to power prediction market infrastructure, with Gnosis Chain hosting Azuro and other betting protocols.
3
4.5
MetaDAO
MetaDAO integrates prediction markets directly into DAO governance through futarchy, where the market's price signals determine organizational decisions in a unique crypto-native experiment.
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4.5
Azuro
AZUR
Polygon
Azuro provides decentralized prediction market and betting infrastructure across multiple EVM chains, powering third-party prediction interfaces.
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4.2
Augur
REP
Ethereum
Augur is the pioneering decentralized prediction market on Ethereum, enabling permissionless creation and trading of event outcome markets since 2018.
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4.2
Zeitgeist
ZTG
Polkadot
Zeitgeist is a Polkadot-based prediction market protocol supporting binary, categorical, and scalar markets with permissionless market creation and a decentralized court system.
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3.9
PancakeSwap
CAKE
$1.31
24h: +0.5%
PancakeSwap Prediction is a gamified feature on the PancakeSwap platform that allows users to predict short-term price movements of popular cryptocurrencies like BNB, BTC, and ETH. Each round lasts only a few minutes, during which participants stake tokens to forecast whether the price will go up or
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