Recently, Polymarket's presence in the crypto world has reached a somewhat outrageous level.

It's not just a traffic hotspot in the crypto circle, but has also crossed into mainstream attention. Some popular prediction topics can get big influencers like Elon Musk to directly interact, like, and share; many related discussions can garner tens of millions of views within 24 hours. This has long exceeded the scope of "crypto circle self-entertainment."

Compared to the silence of Augur back then, the turnaround speed of the prediction market track is indeed worth pondering. From being ignored to being a hot topic across the internet, what exactly has happened behind the scenes? It could be that the market timing has matured, or perhaps the application form has finally found a real demand. Anyway, Polymarket has proven with facts that once prediction markets break out of their niche, their popularity is nothing short of explosive.