The home of hype economics
Prediction markets have spent much of their crypto-native existence defined by one feature above all else: zero fees. The absence of explicit trading costs was not just a pricing choice,…
Prediction markets are steadily expanding beyond politics, sports, and crypto-native price forecasts into domains traditionally dominated by economists, policymakers, and long-term investors. The partnership between Parcl and Polymarket marks one…
Transaction counts are one of the most cited — and most misunderstood — metrics in crypto. They are easy to compare, visually compelling, and often used as shorthand for “adoption.”…
Speculation that Bitcoin “whales” are quietly reaccumulating ahead of another major leg higher has become one of the most persistent narratives in recent months. Across social media and trading desks,…
Prediction markets have become a real-time scoreboard for macro expectations, often distilling thousands of pages of economic data and central bank commentary into a single probability curve. One of the…
Amiko, a Solana-based memecoin listed on pump.fun, is trading around a $38.8 million market capitalization, consolidating after an earlier surge that lifted the token to an all-time high near $56.7…
Prediction markets have crossed a threshold that few expected this quickly. In 2025, they stopped being experimental trading venues and became a mainstream financial product processing tens of billions of…
Crypto Billionaires Feel the Maturity Tax in 2025 The sharp drop in the personal fortunes of some of crypto’s most visible figures in 2025 is not merely another chapter in…
Prediction markets have become one of the fastest ways to gauge collective expectations in crypto, especially around token launches where hype, liquidity, and timing collide. A new market on Polymarket…
Is the Bitcoin 4-Year Cycle Finally Breaking? For more than a decade, the crypto market has leaned on a single, powerful mental model: the 4-year cycle. Traders, analysts, miners, and…