Svmuu News: According to the latest in-depth report by U.Today, as prediction markets continue to gain momentum, sports events are becoming a key driver of industry growth. As the world’s first centralized exchange to integrate Polymarket, Gate Polymarket has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for users by offering a trading experience that requires no wallet, no cross-chain transactions, and no gas fees. Users can participate in predictions directly using the USDT in their Gate accounts, without the need for complex on-chain operations. Currently, Gate Polymarket has become one of Polymarket’s largest traffic sources. As of July 16, its cumulative trading volume had surpassed $622 million, with weekly trading volume on July 6 exceeding $100 million, ranking first among all Polymarket channels in terms of daily, weekly, and monthly trading volume.
The report notes that the 2026 World Cup has become one of the key catalysts driving the rapid growth of prediction markets. The World Cup Hub, built around the World Cup, integrates the tournament schedule, standings, real-time scores, match alerts, historical data, and prediction trading. Sports predictions continue to attract a large number of users, further driving the continuous growth of Gate Polymarket’s activity and market liquidity.
U.Today believes that Gate has not only lowered the barrier to entry for prediction markets but has also further enhanced the product experience by introducing innovative features such as a dual-mode trading interface, AI event analysis, “smart money” tracking, real-time capital flow alerts, and event contracts—all of which help users identify market opportunities more efficiently. By deeply integrating the convenient experience of a centralized exchange with Polymarket’s decentralized prediction market, Gate is continuously expanding the application scenarios for prediction markets, propelling on-chain prediction markets toward a more open, efficient, and mainstream phase of development.