Prediction markets dey see growth wey retail dey lead: Polymarket volumes don hit $25.7B

Prediction markets dey shift from one-off “casino” bets to everyday trading, wit Bitget Wallet and Polymarket tok say activity don dey driven more by trading frequency than big ticket sizes. Polymarket monthly trading volume hit $25.7B for March. For first quarter, 1.29M wallets dey trade more often, dey come back again, and spread across crypto, sports, and politics markets. Retail still remain dominant: over 82% of users make trades under $10,000 during the quarter. Crypto still be the main on-ramp—almost 40% of early activity come from crypto users before dem expand into real-world event categories. Di report also position prediction markets as structural information layer, where prices dey track real-time expectations for macroeconomics, politics, and culture, putting dem beside traditional data for media and finance analysis. Growth dey accelerate: monthly volume rise from about $1.2B in 2025 to over $20B early 2026, while active wallets more than triple within six months. Industry forecasts wey dem cite estimate $240B annual volume dis year and long-term path toward $1T.