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Quick Take
  • This category sits in Pillar 1: Retail to Crypto Bridge.
  • During this period, the prediction market sector grew from roughly $1.2 billion in monthly notional volume to over $25 billion.
  • A shortlist will be named in May 2026, and the winner will be announced at Proof of Talk in Paris on June 2–3, 2026.
  • Scoring (Track B): Editorial quantitative 30% | Expert Council 50% | Disclosed 20%

What Happened

During this period, the prediction market sector grew from roughly $1.2 billion in monthly notional volume to over $25 billion. A shortlist will be named in May 2026, and the winner will be announced at Proof of Talk in Paris on June 2–3, 2026.

Sources: Regulator filings (CFTC Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization registers, CFTC Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker rolls, ESMA event-contract guidance, FCA temporary registrations), on-chain volume data via Dune Analytics and DefiLlama, firm-published transparency reports, exchange listing disclosures, audited financial filings of public-listed parent companies, and private-market data platforms including PitchBook, Tracxn, and Crunchbase, supplemented by mainstream financial press.

Market Context

Best Market Predictions Solution is an award category within The BeInCrypto Institutional 100, an annual research-driven program recognising institutional digital asset excellence across 26 categories and six pillars.

This category sits in Pillar 1: Retail to Crypto Bridge. The 15 firms below are its longlist, drawn from venues, broker-and-wallet integrations, decentralised protocols, and specialist liquidity infrastructure that powered institutional and retail participation in event-contract and prediction markets between April 2025 and March 2026.

Longlist: 15 firms, covering CFTC-regulated DCM exchanges, broker and wallet-distributed event contract platforms, on-chain crypto-native prediction markets, DEX-integrated prediction protocols, sports-and-reputation specialists, and specialist prediction-market liquidity infrastructure

Candidates screened: Starting pool of 34 prediction-market platforms and infrastructure providers across the institutional event-contract stack; 15 advanced to this longlist, with 5 additional firms held in the outreach pool.

Criteria assessed: Market depth, liquidity, resolution quality, user base, regulatory standing, institutional relevance, technical infrastructure

The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 — Prediction Markets (2026 Long List) identifies the platforms and infrastructure enabling institutional and retail participation in event-contract markets. This includes regulated exchanges, broker integrations, on-chain venues, and supporting liquidity providers.

Assessment spans seven criteria: market depth, liquidity, resolution quality, user base, regulatory standing, institutional relevance, and technical infrastructure.

Data was verified using regulatory filings, on-chain analytics platforms, and private-market sources, including PitchBook and Tracxn. Figures reflect the most recent available data at publication.

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Why It Matters

Scoring (Track B): Editorial quantitative 30% | Expert Council 50% | Disclosed 20%

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Methodology

This category is evaluated under Track B of the BIC 100 methodology: 30% quantitative metrics, 50% Expert Council scoring, and 20% disclosed data.