Prediction Market Betting Tops $25 Billion Per Month

CryptoProwl

Wed, April 29, 2026 astatine 10:34 AM CDT 1 min read

Prediction marketplace betting volumes totaled $25.7 cardinal U.S. successful March, a 10% summation from February, with astir users trading nether $10,000 U.S., according to a study from Bitget Wallet.

The study is based connected 1.29 cardinal wallets tracked successful the archetypal quarter. It shows that 82.3% of users traded little than $10,000 U.S. implicit that clip period. 

At the aforesaid time, prediction marketplace betting enactment grew crossed crypto, sports, and governmental markets arsenic users returned much often and engaged crossed aggregate categories.  

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Cryptocurrencies are the main introduction constituent into prediction markets, accounting for 40% of enactment among first-time users.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) lawsuit contracts unsocial drew astir 593,000 users successful the year’s archetypal quarter, generating $5.42 cardinal U.S. successful volume.

The study attributes crypto’s onboarding relation to continuous marketplace access, acquainted terms dynamics, and debased introduction thresholds.

Bitget Wallet said idiosyncratic engagement grows steadily implicit time, with sports betting starring each prediction marketplace categories with $10.1 cardinal U.S. successful volumes during the archetypal quarter. 

Political markets saw $5 cardinal U.S. of bets, portion crypto-related marketplace volumes totaled $7.3 cardinal U.S. successful the year’s archetypal 3 months.

Other betting categories, including popular culture, finance, weather, and subject recorded smaller trading volumes.

The 2 largest prediction markets stay Kalshi and Polymarket, some of which are privately held.