When prediction markets beat the critics.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-14 10:42
When prediction markets beat the critics.
Polymarket users nailed 26 of 28 Golden Globe winners, live on mainstream TV.
I was half-watching the ceremony, half-scrolling on my phone, and suddenly it clicked 🎬📊
Users on Polymarket correctly predicted 26 out of 28 winners at the Golden Globe Awards. Not in a quiet crypto corner — but right there on broadcasts by CBS and Paramount+, flashing real-time market odds on screen.
That’s the part that matters. This wasn’t crypto talking to itself. This was prediction markets stepping into the living room of millions of normal people, beer in hand, judging movies and suddenly trusting on-chain probabilities more than critics.
The CEO, Shane Coplan, called it the largest integration of a prediction market so far — and honestly, he’s not wrong. This is what adoption actually looks like. Not whitepapers. Not conferences. Just quiet accuracy, displayed in public.
Prediction markets work because they aggregate incentives, not opinions. Money has a way of cutting through ego and narratives. And when it gets things this right, people notice. Même les sceptiques.
This is one of those soft moments where crypto sneaks into culture — not loud, not aggressive, just… useful. And that’s powerful. 🍿
#Polymarket #predictionmarkets #crypto #onchain #media #adoption #CryptoFriture
Polymarket users nailed 26 of 28 Golden Globe winners, live on mainstream TV.
I was half-watching the ceremony, half-scrolling on my phone, and suddenly it clicked 🎬📊
Users on Polymarket correctly predicted 26 out of 28 winners at the Golden Globe Awards. Not in a quiet crypto corner — but right there on broadcasts by CBS and Paramount+, flashing real-time market odds on screen.
That’s the part that matters. This wasn’t crypto talking to itself. This was prediction markets stepping into the living room of millions of normal people, beer in hand, judging movies and suddenly trusting on-chain probabilities more than critics.
The CEO, Shane Coplan, called it the largest integration of a prediction market so far — and honestly, he’s not wrong. This is what adoption actually looks like. Not whitepapers. Not conferences. Just quiet accuracy, displayed in public.
Prediction markets work because they aggregate incentives, not opinions. Money has a way of cutting through ego and narratives. And when it gets things this right, people notice. Même les sceptiques.
This is one of those soft moments where crypto sneaks into culture — not loud, not aggressive, just… useful. And that’s powerful. 🍿
#Polymarket #predictionmarkets #crypto #onchain #media #adoption #CryptoFriture
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