{"id":421218,"date":"2026-03-04T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/prediction-market-fever-cooled-in-february-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:12:56","slug":"prediction-market-fever-cooled-in-february-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/prediction-market-fever-cooled-in-february-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prediction Market Fever Cooled in February &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Monthly prediction market volumes dipped in February for the first time since August 2025.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In February, the prediction market sector recorded a drop in monthly trading volumes after five straight months of gains, as activity on BNB Chain-based Opinion Labs fell sharply to $3.1 billion from over $10 billion. <\/p>\n<p>According to data from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/app.artemisanalytics.com\/sectors?tab=prediction_markets\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Artemis<\/a>, prediction markets processed $23.4 billion of trades in February, down roughly 12% from January\u2019s record $27.1 billion.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">Monthly Prediction Market Volume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/defi\/kalshi-faces-backlash-over-khamenei-market\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Kalshi<\/a> solidified its lead, with its February trading volume reaching an all-time high of $9.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Polymarket volumes grew slightly to $7.9 billion in February compared to $7.7 billion in January.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction markets have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/defi\/prediction-markets-expand-from-defi-niche-to-global-news-sources\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">evolved from a niche sector to a mainstream financial tool<\/a>, utilized for forecasting events such as elections and economic indicators.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that concerns remain about Opinion Labs&#8217; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/defirate.com\/news\/opinion-hits-8b-in-monthly-prediction-market-volume-but-the-data-raises-questions\/\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">data integrity<\/a>. This underscores the importance of transparency in the rapidly expanding prediction market space.<\/p>\n<p>Also today, Kalshi announced a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/nfts-and-web3\/kalshi-partners-with-luxury-watch-marketplace-bezel\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">collaboration with Bezel<\/a>, a luxury watch marketplace. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/research-and-opinion\/fed-research-finds-kalshi-markets-outperform-wall-street-surveys\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Recent research<\/a> also suggests that Kalshi&#8217;s markets have outperformed traditional Wall Street surveys, further establishing its authority in the field.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was generated with the assistance of AI workflows.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly prediction market volumes dipped in February for the first time since August 2025. In February, the prediction market sector recorded a drop in monthly trading volumes after five straight months of gains, as activity on BNB Chain-based Opinion Labs fell sharply to $3.1 billion from over $10 billion. According to data from Artemis, prediction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-421218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421222,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421218\/revisions\/421222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}