tuesday question. which prediction platforms are you using for world cup markets?
genuinely tracking infrastructure this week across the ones i use. curious what's driving the choice for most people. event coverage, odds quality, or settlement speed after the match.
@arkham third massive ETH buy from Tom Lee in three weeks. down 30% since the first one. @biggerztrends had the price market open before this landed.๎๎ป๎๎ป๎น๎
world cup prediction markets are live and $80K already traded on individual group matches. that's early volume.
the real test isn't liquidity. it's settlement when 8 matches run on the same day and all close within 90 minutes of each other.
thursday through sunday is the audit.
@Polymarket $101M in BTC a week after his first sale since 2022. mixed signals from Saylor lately but @biggerztrends was pricing the next buy before this dropped.๎๎ป๎๎ป๎น๎
world cup opens thursday.
prediction market volume will be bigger than any sports event since the 2024 election.
withdrawal clean, 31 seconds on-chain. markets live on every platform i track. simultaneous settlement under group stage load not yet tested.
thursday is that test.
week 1 platform report.
UCL: 52 min settlement on one platform, 3h 20 on another. WC outrights at $1.4B, tight spreads on main contenders. NBA Finals liquidity fine.
one platform passed every test. settlement backlog gets worse under load. real stress test starts June 11.
@KobeissiLetter down 30% in a month and back to April 2025 levels. Tom Lee put $230M into ETH two weeks ago. that position is not looking good right now.๎๎ป๎๎ป๎น๎
@Kalshi_Crypto 33% on ETH below $1,000 this year. three months ago that number was in the single digits. the market's repricing fast.๎๎ป๎๎ป๎น๎
79% chance Zelenskyy and Putin don't meet before 2027. Russia keeping energy talks open while stalling on Ukraine. the market's not holding its breath on a face to face.๎๎ป๎๎ป๎น๎
@Polymarket "exponential expansion" is a strange phrase for someone whose country can barely feed itself. the nukes are the only card he has and he knows it.๎๎ป๎ป๎น๎
btc dropped 15% in a week and three platforms i know of paused withdrawals. price doesn't affect quality until it does, and then it affects everything at once.๎๎ป๎ป๎น๎
@WhaleEverything BlackRock has sold over $1.8B in BTC across the last two weeks. at some point that's not profit taking, that's an exit.๎๎ป๎ป๎น๎