Vitalik: prediction markets must shift from betting

Vitalik Buterin Warns Prediction Markets' Focus on Sports and Crypto Comes at a Cost

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, shared insights and warnings around the long-term sustainability of prediction markets. He argued in a recent X post that the sector may be drifting toward short-term speculative products at the expense of broader financial utility. Buterin acknowledged that prediction markets have reached meaningful scale, with enough liquidity to support professional traders and serve as a supplementary information laye…

Vitalik Buterin: Prediction Markets Should Shift From Short‑Term Betting Toward Consumer Price‑Stability Tools

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a concept for a future system in which price indices and prediction markets are created for a wide range of goods and services. His proposal describes the use of local large language models to tailor a personalized basket of prediction‑market exposures for each individual, reflecting their anticipated future spending.  Under this approach, users could continue holding assets such as equities or ET…

Vitalik Buterin Changes Stance on Prediction Markets, Warns of ‘Cursed’ Slide into ‘Corposlop’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns that prediction markets are drifting toward low-value gambling rather than long-term utility. He argues that excessive reliance on such activity creates what he calls a “fundamentally ‘cursed’” dynamic. “Prediction markets seem to be over-converging to an unhealthy product market fit: embracing short-term cryptocurrency price bets, sports betting, and other similar things that have dopamine value but not…

Vitalik Buterin wants to build ‘the next generation of finance’ – Here’s how

Vitalik Buterin warned that prediction markets are moving more toward speculation instead of real utility, defeating their purpose.

Vitalik: prediction markets must shift from betting

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that prediction markets are sliding toward “unhealthy product market fit” by focusing on short-term cryptocurrency price bets and sports betting. Writing on X, Buterin called the trend “corposlop” and argued platforms feel pressured to embrace…