Gate Founder Dr. Han: Prediction Markets Are Essentially Information Pricing Tools, Poised to Evolve into a New Generation of Market Infrastructure

Odaily News On April 20th, Dr. Han, Founder and CEO of Gate, stated during a media group interview at the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong that while prediction markets appear as an emerging trading category on the surface, their underlying logic is closer to an "information pricing" tool. Users express their judgment on event outcomes through trading, which not only constitutes trading behavior but also continuously generates a collective probabilistic consensus. This process transforms real-world information flow into data that can be priced and verified by the market.

Dr. Han believes that the significance of prediction markets for exchanges lies not only in enriching product offerings but also in expanding the dimensions of user participation—extending from simply trading assets to making judgments on the events themselves. In the long term, as infrastructure continues to improve, prediction markets have the potential to evolve from short-term hotspots into something akin to "information infrastructure," becoming a crucial carrier connecting information and capital.

Currently, users can directly access the prediction market via the Gate App by entering the Polymarket page from the Alpha section on the platform's homepage. They can use USDT from their exchange account to participate in event predictions. Gate will continue to promote the integration of its trading ecosystem with prediction markets, expanding users' market participation experience.