{"id":73565,"date":"2026-06-04T22:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/pred-opens-to-public-as-5m-beta-volume-fuels-world-cup-sports-trading-push\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:23:47","slug":"pred-opens-to-public-as-5m-beta-volume-fuels-world-cup-sports-trading-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/pred-opens-to-public-as-5m-beta-volume-fuels-world-cup-sports-trading-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Pred Opens to Public as $5M Beta Volume Fuels World Cup Sports Trading Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Peer-to-peer sports exchange Pred launched public access on Base to capture the 2026 FIFA World Cup volume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">CEO Amit Mahensaria notes Pred circumvents standard sportsbook biases via 200ms onchain USDC settlement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Post-tournament, Pred will deploy live micro-markets to capture ongoing domestic league trade volumes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Beta Engagement and Performance Metrics<\/h2>\n<p>Pred, a peer-to-peer sports trading exchange built on the Base <span>blockchain<\/span> network, opened public access on June 4 following an eight-week private beta phase that generated $5 million in notional <span>volume<\/span>. The platform\u2019s public debut is timed precisely for the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, utilizing the global soccer tournament as a launchpad to onboard mainstream sports bettors into <span>Web3<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The move is much akin to how platforms utilized the excitement around the 2024 U.S. presidential election to drive mass adoption for general <span>prediction markets<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig events bring people in, and the 2024 US election showed how fast that can happen,\u201d Amit Mahensaria, CEO and co-founder of Pred, said. \u201cBut an election resolves once. You take a position, it settles, and there\u2019s no reason to come back until the next cycle. The World Cup runs for a month. Every match, every session, every goal reprices the book in real time, and that builds a trading habit rather than a one-off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a media statement, during its invite-only beta phase, Pred saw engagement from more than 300 users who executed over 100,000 trades focused on soccer markets. According to internal data provided by the company, 86% of those beta traders remained active week over week, and 83% made repeat deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Pred operates as a sports-native <span>decentralized exchange<\/span>, utilizing an onchain order book that allows traders to match positions directly against one another. The company claims a trading settlement speed of 200 milliseconds, with markets resolving in three minutes. All positions are denominated in the USDC <span>stablecoin<\/span>, settled onchain, and accrue native yield on deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Mahensaria notes that for a crypto-native audience, the structural advantages of a decentralized framework address long-standing industry challenges. \u201cPositions settle on-chain in USDC, funds stay in your wallet, and the order book is open to see,\u201d he said. \u201cThat removes the trust gap that keeps a lot of people off online sports trading.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Targeting Year-Round Sports <span>Volume<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A common challenge for event-driven betting platforms is a severe drop-off in user <span>volume<\/span> once a major tournament concludes. However, Mahensaria dismissed fears of a post-World Cup decline, pointing to the continuous nature of the global sports calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports don\u2019t have a post-event cliff,\u201d Mahensaria said. \u201cThe World Cup ends and the domestic leagues are already back. Premier League, La Liga, the Champions League, the NBA season. There\u2019s always a match, so there\u2019s always <span>volume<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange is positioning itself against traditional sportsbooks and broader, general-purpose <span>prediction markets<\/span> by focusing on specialized micro-markets. These include 15-minute in-game markets that settle during live play, \u201c1UP\u201d and \u201c2UP\u201d markets that close immediately when a specific goal differential is met, and live moneyline markets.<\/p>\n<p>Mahensaria emphasized that these formats translate seamlessly to year-round league play. \u201cThe markets that perform during the tournament\u201415-minute markets, live moneyline, session markets\u2014aren\u2019t World Cup specific. They run daily across every league, so the engagement you build in June and July has somewhere to go in August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional sportsbooks that rely on internal market makers to take the other side of a wager, Pred\u2019s peer-to-peer model matches traders directly against one another. This structural difference alters how the platform manages <span>liquidity<\/span>, especially during lower-profile group-stage matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA two-sided market doesn\u2019t need a house, it needs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-liquidity\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">liquidity<\/a> from independent participants quoting both sides,\u201d Mahensaria explained. \u201cThe structural point is what we don\u2019t do: we never take a position against our own traders. The counterparty is another trader, never the platform, so there\u2019s no conflict between us and the people trading on the book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To ensure niche in-game events remain viable on thinner books, the platform relies on market pricing mechanisms rather than centralized intervention. \u201cA thin book carries a wider spread, and a wider spread is what makes that market worth quoting for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-liquidity\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">liquidity<\/a> provider,\u201d Mahensaria said. \u201c <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-liquidity\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liquidity<\/a> is drawn to the opportunity rather than assigned by the platform. The model points <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-liquidity\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">liquidity<\/a> to where traders actually want to trade, with the house never on either side of the trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahensaria, who spent 22 years trading sports, stated that this model directly addresses the structural limitations and \u201cexploitative pricing\u201d that traditional sportsbooks impose on successful, sharp traders. \u201cPred is the exchange I wanted as a trader,\u201d he said. \u201cThe UX and speed of a sportsbook, the pricing and transparency of an on-chain exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public release features the platform\u2019s V2 iteration, which developers rebuilt based on feedback from more than 300 user interviews during the beta phase. Pred is backed by venture capital firms Accel and Coinbase Ventures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/pred-opens-to-public-as-5m-beta-volume-fuels-world-cup-sports-trading-push\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Peer-to-peer sports exchange Pred launched public access on Base to capture the 2026 FIFA World Cup volume. CEO Amit Mahensaria notes Pred circumvents standard sportsbook biases via 200ms onchain USDC settlement. 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