Betting on future trends on WAX... have you heard about this?

Prediction markets have been pretty lively lately. Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi let users put real money on the outcomes of real-world events—election results, sports games, even economic data—pretty much anything can be traded. Trading volumes are soaring, and the main reason is that blockchain has brought this model into the global spotlight: on-chain data is open and transparent, anyone can verify it, unlike traditional betting platforms where things are murky.

Simply put, this turns "the wisdom of the crowd" into a tradable asset. When enough money flows into a particular prediction, the market price itself becomes a kind of probability signal. As the technical barriers drop, these kinds of applications could spread to more scenarios—supply chain forecasts, climate data betting... the possibilities are endless.