Tiago Yamada Rodriguez
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Tiago Yamada Rodriguez
@YamadaLuke21
US prediction markets observer. I map signals and structure. Distribution, execution, incentives. JP notes for builders on note. 米国予測市場を毎日1本で観測。日本語まとめはnoteへ。



Polymarket is now pulling in $1M/day ($30M/month) in fees. This is ~25% of what Kalshi generated over the past month. Since first introducing fees in January, Polymarket’s volume has only trended upward - suggesting current levels (~$300M) could be sustainable.

Polymarket has entered a fully fee-based era, and its annual revenue may exceed $400 million. One of the largest prediction markets, Polymarket, has entered a fully fee-based era, with fees rising significantly over the past two days. On April 1, the latest full-day data shows fees reached $927k, implying an annualized fee run rate of ~$338 million for Polymarket. x.com/defioasis/stat…

Prediction markets continue to scale, with billions in notional volume flowing across platforms in March. March Notional Volume: 1. @Kalshi - $13,070,245,831 2.@Polymarket - $10,572,416,290 3.@cryptocom - $629,694,488 4. @opinionlabsxyz - $496,219,750 5. @trylimitless - $468,788,721 6.@predictdotfun - $329,653,887 7. @MyriadMarkets - $54,948,210 8. @SX_Bet - $41,408,916 $25B+ traded last month alone, prediction markets are scaling faster than most realize.


Prediction market transactions have broke a new record reaching a new weekly high. Weekly Transactions: 1. @Polymarket - 27.36M 2. @Kalshi - 21.44M 3. @alphaarcade - 380.5K 4. @trylimitless - 300.2K 5. @MyriadMarkets - 247.37K 6. @predictdotfun - 93.7K 7. @opinionlabsxyz - 76.1K 8. @SX_Bet - 67.65K 9. @Forkast - 36.71K 10. @Gemini - 33.2K 50M+ weekly transactions, a new all-time high across leading prediction markets, surpassing the previous record of 47.2M.

Crypto is now the first non-sports category to crack $1 BILLION monthly volume on Kalshi since the 2024 Election Sports’ dominance on Kalshi is getting smaller and smaller everyday

Histogram charts of Polymarket users by trade frequency and volume traded. → Frequency: log-normal decay. Most users cluster at 2–10 trades and drop off sharply. → Volume: bell-shaped on a log scale, peaking at $600–$3,000. The right tail is tiny in users but dominant in volume.

Kalshi Sees Rising Institutional Demand for Prediction Markets, Partners with ARK Invest to Launch Research Markets Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, said that as institutional adoption of prediction markets grows, demand for a standardized market request pipeline is increasing. ARK Invest is now working with Kalshi through this pipeline to list markets for investment analysis, including non-farm payrolls, deficit-to-GDP ratios, and business KPIs. x.com/mansourtarek_/…


The best time to trade prediction markets (most volume) is from 2PM-10PM EST

Prediction Market Notional Volume hit $6.41B (+11.35%) last week. 🔹 Kalshi: $3.40B (+15.73%) 🔹 Polymarket: $2.54B (+8.55%) 🔹 Crypto(.)com: $158.66M (+1.64%) 🔹 Opinion: $128.54M (+64.97%) 🔹 Limitless: $98.46M (-23.16%) 🔹 Predict: $60.33M (-33.81%) 🔹 Overtime: $4.04M (-0.07%) 🔹 Others: $19.27M (-6.50%)


How accurate are prediction markets on major elections? It got 9 out of 14 correct, 64% Correct: 1. 🇺🇸 US 2024 / 54.5% 2. 🇰🇷 South Korea 2025 / 95% 3. 🇨🇦 Canada 2025 / 92% 4. 🇵🇹 Portugal 2026 / 99.5% 5. 🇮🇪 Ireland 2025 / 93.5% 6. 🇳🇴 Norway 2025 / 94% 7. 🇦🇺 Australia 2025 /89.5% 8. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2026 / 93.5% 9. 🇨🇱 Chile 2025 /93% Missed: 10. 🇷🇴 Romania / Simion 44.5% 11. 🇵🇱 Poland / Trzaskowski 34.5% 12. 🇪🇨 Ecuador / González 41% 13. 🇭🇳 Honduras / Nasralla 12.5% 14. 🇹🇭 Thailand / People’s Party 20% Calculated using Polymarket and Kalshi odds 1 day before resolution.

Prediction Market Weekly Update Notional Volume 1. @Kalshi $3.40b 2. @Polymarket $2.54b 3. @cryptocom $158.7m 4. @Opinionlabsxyz $128.5m 5. @Limitless $98.5m 6. @predictdotfun $60.3m 7. Other $23.5m 8. @overtime $4.0m Total $6.41b Open Interest 1. @Kalshi $497.0m 2. @Polymarket $448.7m 3. @predictdotfun $14.9m 4. @Opinionlabsxyz $13.8m 5. Other $5.3m 6. @Limitless $0.6m Total $980.3m Transactions 1. @Polymarket 27.36m 2. @Kalshi 21.44m 3. Other 353.8k 4. @Limitless 300.3k 5. @predictdotfun 93.8k 6. @Opinionlabsxyz 76.1k 7. @overtime 12.4k Total 49.64m Users 1. @Polymarket 377.8k 2. @Limitless 11.3k 3. @predictdotfun 4.9k 4. @Opinionlabsxyz 4.5k 5. Other 1.6k 6. @overtime 489 Total 400.6k I post these every week Lmk what other data is interesting to add h/t @datadashboards for the @Dune dashboard Use @tradefoxai to trade all from one interface

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