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Weekends are supposed to be relaxing, but I keep thinking about one question: why is the money in prediction markets always idle?
Recently, I came across an interesting project that combines prediction markets and DeFi gameplay. After doing some calculations, I realized that the pain points of traditional prediction markets are indeed numerous.
Taking Polymarket as an example, once the funds are locked in, short-term fluctuations of the market have no impact. For DeFi players, this is simply a disaster—the idle capital is essentially wasted. Transaction fees might be secondary; the invisible opportunity cost is the most painful.
This new project has a different approach. They embed an interest-earning mechanism into the prediction market: the principal you bet not only participates in the prediction but also continuously earns DeFi yields in the background. One amount of money, two sources of income. If this can be truly achieved, it would be a significant blow to existing prediction markets.
I was particularly interested in a few technical details:
**First is the capital efficiency issue.** How to make the staked money truly "alive" instead of being frozen on the chain? This involves liquidity design.
**Next is the Convert feature.** I heard it can save about 5% slippage. In high-frequency operations, this difference will be very noticeable.
**Another point is the choice of the underlying chain.** The project is built on BNB Chain. Considering the potential prediction boom during events like the 2026 World Cup with massive traffic, the market size on this chain indeed has room for imagination.
Rather than calling this a new project, it’s more like a logical redefinition of the prediction market track. For those pursuing capital efficiency, this is worth a deep dive.