ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform that the future of Ethereum is on-chain prediction markets, social networks, DAOs, identity protocols, AI agents, messaging applications, NFTs, DeFi applications, stablecoins, games, and more. Every significant new idea driving the crypto space forward has started with Ethereum. This has been true for the past 9 years.Many people in the community have been struggling here for a long time, experiencing many ups and downs, and do not care about narratives or tribal nonsense. We just want useful applications that bring cryptocurrency to more people.

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on social media: "The ResearchHub community has seen significant growth over the past year. Excitingly, some ideas we've been thinking about for years are finally starting to come to fruition.In 2025 and beyond, we have a lot of work to do, including improving academic publishing (shortening the publication cycle of ResearchHub journals), optimizing peer review (providing compensation for review work), fundraising, and facilitating the replication of research results (introducing prediction markets)."

ChainCatcher 消息，据 Dune 数据显示，预测市场 Polymarket 12 月迄今交易量达 17 亿美元，不及 10 月（22.8 亿美元）和 11 月（25.77 亿美元）。 此外，Polymarket 12 月活跃交易用户数为 309228 名，创历史新高；新增账户数达 231556 个。除交易量减少外，该平台未平仓合约头寸也出现下滑，从近 5 亿美元（4.74 亿美元）的峰值降至目前的 1.17 亿美元，减少了逾 75%。

ChainCatcher news, Crypto.com has announced the launch of a sports event prediction market in the United States, allowing American customers to bet on sports events using various cryptocurrencies, starting with the Super Bowl. If the prediction is correct, payment will be received within one business day after settlement.Company spokesperson Matt David stated that the product will leverage Crypto.com's recognition among sports fans in the U.S. to serve an increasing number of cryptocurrency traders looking to bet on real-world event outcomes.David said, "Sports have always been an important part of our brand, from F1 to UFC to Crypto.com Arena, and this is a great opportunity to engage these sports fans through the Crypto.com app."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the blockchain-based competitive gaming ecosystem and event platform Community Gaming has announced that its upcoming video game-centric prediction market Forkast will launch on the Ethereum sidechain gaming network Ronin.The platform will allow users to stake tokens and earn rewards while predicting events in gaming, esports, Web3, and internet culture. Forkast is one of the first consumer applications to be integrated into the Ronin network.

ChainCatcher news, Artemis data shows that only AI tokens outperformed Meme coins at the beginning of 2024. By mid-November, the returns of Meme coins were 6 times the average of the cryptocurrency market.Market insight platform Kaito AI points out that a quarter of cryptocurrency investors prioritize discussions about Meme coins. In other words, the focus is more on short-term profits rather than long-term value returns.From a narrative perspective, year-to-date, the following categories of altcoins have outperformed Bitcoin: Meme, RWA, prediction markets, PolitiFi, AI, Solana, and smart contract platforms.

According to ChainCatcher news, the prediction market BRKT.gg has announced the completion of a $1.75 million seed round financing, led by Foresight Ventures, with participation from Orange DAO, V3V Ventures, MEXC Ventures, 280Capital, Triton Liquid Fund, Movement, Silvermine Capital, and Nibiru Chain.BRKT.gg is introduced as a decentralized prediction market powered by Movement. In less than 6 months, it has attracted over 300,000 users.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the prediction market Kalshi data shows an 85% probability that BTC will reach $100,000 by the end of the year, 9% for $150,000, while the average forecast on the Kalshi platform indicates that a BTC price of $125,000 could become a reality in the new year of 2025.Analysts believe that ETFs have played a key role in the factors driving the rise in Bitcoin prices, absorbing over 90% of the selling pressure from long-term holders.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket has announced the suspension of access to its platform for users in France. This move comes weeks after the French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) launched a gambling compliance investigation into the platform.It is reported that the investigation stems from a large bet placed by a French trader on the platform regarding Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Although Polymarket has implemented IP bans, users can still access the platform via VPN, according to the French cryptocurrency news site The Big Whale.As of the time of publication, Polymarket's terms of service have not been updated with the relevant restrictions.

ChainCatcher message, the prediction market Polymarket data shows that in the prediction for "Binance's next spot listing project," POPCAT is currently in the lead with a 21% probability, followed by GOAT (17%) and MOODENG (15%).Among other candidate tokens, FWOG is at 7%, BITCOIN at 4%, NEIRO at 3%, and Mog at 2%. The "None of the above" option has a support rate of 36%.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju posted on the X platform that the previous prediction of a short-term adjustment in the crypto market was incorrect, but at that time it was not suggesting a bear market, just believing that the market would experience a correction.Ki Young Ju stated that we are currently in a bull market, and Bitcoin will rise. Based on the cumulative capital flowing into the Bitcoin market, the current price ceiling seems to be $135,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from RootData, the Prosper token (PROS) has increased by 93.34% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.98.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Prosper is a non-custodial cross-chain prediction market and hedging platform. Prosper is developing a unique on-chain liquidity aggregation technology to address issues in the prediction market landscape. The core features of Prosper.so include: cross-chain prediction support and on-chain liquidity aggregation, binary liquidity model, betting insurance, user-owned predictions and options, and real asset integration.