the next wave is forming, position yourselves: a) leaders @polymarket and @kalshi still dominate. record-breaking volumes and users week after week. here are some numbers from early 2024 to October 2025: > weekly notional volume $20.4M+ -> $2.4B+ (115x) > weekly transactions 45K+ -> 7.75M+ (172x) > active users 1.1K+ -> 240K+ (218x) the top rising contenders: > @opinionlabsxyz → $250m+ traded volume (still beta) on @bnbchain. > @myriadmarkets → expanding across asia via bnb, backed by bnb’s “next wave” initiative + $37m+traded > @trylimitless $400m+ volume traded and sitting at ~$48M mcap. both positioning as third contenders under polymarket / kalshi. there are also other projects quietly building real heat and some might have token launches, airdrops or very generous incentives soon. here are some of my favorites that i am expecting to shine in the coming weeks/months: > @Hilomarket > @BRKTgg b) futarchy sector futarchy = markets decide policy =governance powered by prediction markets. right now, @MetaDAOProject is leading the conversation. they’ve built the first true futarchy-native ecosystem where daos make decisions through market signals, not votes. > @AviciMoney is one of the standouts and is a project that uses futarchy to align ai coordination and dao decisions. it went from $2m → $20m mcap in under two weeks. > they also launched @umbraprivacy, a programmable privacy layer on solana designed to enable encrypted yet auditable transactions which is perfectly aligned with the current privacy revival. special application of futarchy: > @butterygg → applying futarchy through new ux primitives; serious team, not a meme - one to seriously look out for and excited for their beta. c) infrastructure (core layer) and x100 plays. there are $500M-$1B projects larping as small caps. > @sedaprotocol: data + oracle layer for hip-3 markets on @hyperliquidx. went from $25m → $110m mcap in <2 weeks + deflationary oracle model (markets burn $seda at settlement) > @azuroprotocol: - $350m+ total processed volume - 30+ dapps built - tvl ~$9m (mostly on polygon) - sdks, subgraphs, liquidity + resolution infra - multi-chain (polygon, gnosis, arbitrum) - price action of $azur doubled in last month; mcap ~$2m (heavily undervalued) d) under-the-radar plays > attentionfi will be the next big thing with @trendlefi → trading attention as an asset; beta soon (head to their page and follow for access codes). > @webuildscore → built SIRE who is the first ai hedge fund agent focused on sports prediction markets. currently sitting at ~12M mcap. (heavily undervalued) e) macro view > polymarket + kalshi = established distribution > myriad + opinionslab + brkt = regional expansion (asia, bnb ecosystem) > metadao, avici, umbra, butter = futarchy experimentation layer > seda + azuro = infra rails powering liquidity, data, and resolution (100x plays) > trendlefi, sire, hilo = frontier innovation layer (100x plays) infra + governance + ai + prediction + narratives = next major onchain growth sector.