I’ve been asked a few times what exactly piques my interest in prediction markets.
beyond the established players, what interests me most are the projects experimenting with different parts of what prediction markets could become,
from product direction and new market n liquidity structures to their gtm and consumer penetration.
going into a new week, these are five I’ll be spending a lot of my research time digging deeper into:
@functionspaceHQ is rethinking the usual binary structure with continuous markets, allowing different views across a range of possible outcomes.
@rocketmarketsfi is taking another angle entirely: time. instead of only asking whether something happens, the market is built around when it happens. I’m particularly curious about how the liquidity design underneath it makes that mechanic work.
@Trueo_ sent me down a different rabbit hole. As markets become more expressive, everything we make tradable still has to be credibly resolved, and their approach to oracles and dispute resolution is something I want to understand much better.
@azuroprotocol sits at a different layer. rather than another prediction market frontend, it provides infrastructure that products like Rocket Markets can build on. I’m interested in what that layer looks like today and what it could become as more prediction apps experiment with new market structures.
and then there’s @ifmarkets, which I’ve spent considerably more time using, thinking about and giving feedback on. the idea of trading an event’s impact on an asset rather than only the probability of the event itself opens up a completely different product direction, and there’s a lot there I still want to explore.
I understand some of these much better than others right now, and that’s partly the point.
plenty of questions going into the week, and hopefully fewer by the end of it.
gm to you <3
Everyday, we spend hours watching our favorite shows, keeping up with our favorite movies, and by the end of month, we even pay just to have access to these contents, but what if you actually start getting rewarded for watching? 👀🍿
That’s the idea behind @CineflicksOTT watch-to-earn, no subscription fee, and $CNF built into the ecosystem.
The beta is coming the first week of September. 🚀
Presale Round 2 is also live - learn more and do your own research on the official site.
🔗: https://t.co/CXYxRiBMvq
Most folks recognize @Base as Coinbase’s L2 gem, but it’s also a go to hub where DeFi dreams come alive, talk swapping, lending, and farming yields with seamless access .
Continuing from my last episode on Base. We’re digging deep into the DeFi ecosystem: talk top dApps anyone can interact with in the base ecosystem.
Base is processing over 13M daily transactions now rivaling the biggest L2s like Arbitrum transactions now. Whether you’re a newbie testing waters or a trader chasing APYs, let’s get you earning, stay locked in.
𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞
Base's DeFi scene is stacked with audited protocols that make farming accessible and here are a few of them :
➠ @aeroxyz : Think of this as a friendly marketplace where you can trade tokens or pool your money to earn rewards, kind of like a community-run swap shop. It mixes the best of Uniswap’s easy trading with Curve’s smooth stablecoin swaps. It’s captured over 35% of Base's TVL with pools offering juicy incentives. Right now, Slipstream pools are dishing out up to 200-300% APR for USDC-AERO pairs (reflecting recent AERO emissions + fees [https://t.co/lH8Z0kXmu2).
Stable pools like WETH-USDC hover at 14-20% APY, perfect for low vol plays. Vote lock your AERO via NFTs to steer emissions and catch extra rewards.
➠ @avantisfi : Picture this as a lending buddy that lets you lend out your crypto or borrow with a boost, like getting a loan with extra perks. It’s designed for leveraged plays and backed by big names like Pantera and Galaxy.
Supply USDC or ETH collateral (like stETH or cbBTC) and earn about 7.5-7.8% APY on borrows. You can also choose between low risk options for 5-6% APY or higher-risk ones for 10%+ upside. Plus, zero-fee perps up to (10-50x common) on crypto and RWAs like gold.
➠ @Uniswap on Base: Like Uniswap on BSC, this is a classic online marketplace where you can swap tokens easily, but on Base. It’s the original DEX fork, handling billions in volume. It's your entry point for simple swaps, with V3 pools yielding 5-15% APY on stables. Low competition means better fills.
➠ @trylimitless See this as a platform where you can bet on real-world outcomes, like elections or trends, using a prediction market. It offers liquidation-free trades on Base, with tight spreads via an order book and USDC rewards for liquidity providers, up to 30% APR on active markets.
𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐔𝐩
Base DeFi is where yields meet reality:
➠ Aerodrome for LP alpha,
➠ Avantis for lending stability,
➠ Uniswap for quick flips,
all with low gas fees…
With 13M txns/day it’s thriving, drawing in more users and builders to the ecosystem every day. APRs can shift with market moves, so check live data for the latest.
Next drop heads to NFTs and social, Zora mints and Farcaster ... So, what’s your fave Base dApp so far? Tag it below!
Thnx for reading bros
The future of Defi isn’t multi-chain, it should be linked by one AI agent moving across every chain.
AI agents shouldn’t have to start from scratch every time they move to another chain.
Today, they lose identity, rebuild reputation, switch wallets, bridge assets, and deal with different gas tokens.
@PushChain solves that with an agent built on Push Chain works across connected chains from day one.
• One identity.
• Existing wallet.
• Existing gas token.
• No bridging.
• No starting over.
This isn’t just an idea.
TAP (Trustless Agents Plus) is already live on the Donut Testnet, giving AI agents a portable identity and reputation that follows them across chains.
The ecosystem is already growing:
• 1M+ Accounts
• 2.1M+ Wallet Addresses
• 18M+ Transactions
The next generation of AI won’t live on a single chain.
1/2
What does confidence in your code look like?
You invite the world’s best security researchers to attack it.
With over $100k in rewards. Who does it like push chain?
hint: no one
@PushChain just launched its first DualDefense Contest on @HackenProof.
This follows a complete Hacken audit that ended with zero critical findings.
The Push Chain L1 codebase is now open for independent review on @HackenProof, with up to $100,000 available for researchers who uncover real vulnerabilities.
This is the kind of signal I like seeing before a chain launches.
Confidence backed by transparency.
If you’re a white hat, auditor, protocol engineer, or just someone who enjoys finding flaws others miss, this is worth your time.
• Up to $100,000 in rewards. • $70K for the L1 audit bounty. • $30K for the smart contract audit coming next. • Runs until August 2.
Every valid finding makes Push Chain stronger before launch.
a secure chain protects developers.
a secure chain protects users.
a secure chain earns trust.
$PC is coming… #PushChainAudit
Nook automatically moves your stablecoins to wherever they can earn the best yield across Morpho, Aave and Moonwell.
No manual rebalancing.
No switching between protocols.
I wanted to see how it actually works, so I followed the money onchain.
🧵
Again big respect to @PushChain for auditing the entire stack with hacken club, publishing the reports, and backing it with a $75,000 public bug bounty.
history has taught crypto one expensive lesson.
over $1 billion+ worth of mistakes was what it costs us.
every major exploit started with a vulnerability someone missed.
trust in a blockchain must first be earned long before users bridge their first dollar.
this is exactly why pushchain went down this path with @hackenclub.
But what exactly does this mean? Let me start from the beginning…
$PC #PushChain #PushHackenAudit 🔐
1/5 🧵👇
Everyone's calling @symbioticfi' Liquid Lane a faster-exit tool.
In my opinion it's bigger than that as it puts a live price on RWA risk for the first time.
Take tokenized credit funds, a $5.5B slice of a $42B market and the worst offender, most lock your money behind 60-180D exits and you can't see what that exit really costs until you're stuck in it.
Liquid Lane auctions the exit.
Market makers compete to quote your redemption on the spot, so a credit fund's real risk shows up as a number you can read. Here's where it goes👇
Once exits are priced live, the assets that are genuinely liquid get cheaper to hold and the ones that aren't get exposed. Capital flows to what can prove it.
This is how RWAs stop being onchain wrappers and start being real collateral.
h/t to @tokenterminal for the data