Why prediction markets matter now: mechanism, limits, and how decentralized betting on-chain changes the signal
Surprising quick fact to start: on platforms like Polymarket, every share already carries an explicit dollar value between $0.00 and $1.00 — which means the market is literally a running, tradable probability expressed in USDC. That simple accounting change — pricing every outcome in a stable, fully collateralized token — is the core mechanism that…
