What exactly is the prediction market playing at?



Many people think it's about predicting the truth of events, but in reality, the core of market participants' play is capital game theory. Whoever can more accurately grasp the flow of large funds will profit from this wave of market trends.

Look at the high-frequency trading accounts on those top prediction platforms—it's clear they are not pursuing absolute prediction accuracy, but are capturing the turning points of market sentiment. In short-term volatile markets, capital weighting has a greater influence on price movement than the events themselves.

From a different perspective, whether it's a 15-minute rapid fluctuation or long-term major event predictions, the essence points to the same phenomenon: market liquidity and participant psychological expectations are often reflected before objective truths. This is the true nature of prediction markets.
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AltcoinMarathonervip
· 5h ago
honestly this is just short-term trader cope. been accumulating prediction tokens since the adoption curve was still in mile 5—these sentiment-chasing sprinters will burn out while the real fundamentals compound. institutional flows tell the actual story, not the noise.
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BetterLuckyThanSmartvip
· 5h ago
Basically, it's a zero-sum game. The truth is nonsense. Keeping up with the big funds' rhythm is the real key.
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LiquidationAlertvip
· 5h ago
Basically, it's about following the flow of funds; the truth and all that are just a facade.
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ShitcoinConnoisseurvip
· 5h ago
Basically, it's just hot potato; whoever is quick wins. Fund flow is much more important than the truth, got it. Isn't this just benchmarking traditional futures? Sentiment always outweighs fundamentals. I just want to know how retail investors can compete with these high-frequency traders; the information gap is too big. I've seen through it long ago; predictions are just a cover-up, the core is still zero-sum game.
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