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Last World Cup, the crypto world was already very desperate.
Many people in the group said that the World Cup would draw market funds away.
At the time, I didn't quite understand, thinking to myself who would bet millions or tens of millions of dollars on a single match.
Not to mention whether they could win, even if they did, whether the platform would give withdrawals was another issue.
It wasn't until I later saw various whale positions on Polymarket that I realized:
It's not that they are exaggerating, I just have too little experience.
Some people’s bets on a single game may surpass the daily trading volume of many projects.
This World Cup has also expanded, with more teams, more matches, more scripts, and greater emotional swings.
👉 Polymarket official website link:
If Polymarket continues to handle funds for such global events, this World Cup is likely to be even crazier than the last.
What will truly be worth watching then might not be who wins the championship, but:
· Who is betting early
· Who is adding to their position frantically
· Who gets knocked out by a surprise upset at the last moment
The World Cup has never just been about football; in prediction markets, it’s more like a global human nature stress test.
I usually treat this kind of large bettor behavior as an observation sample: