PANews reported on May 13th that Gate Research released a report titled "Prediction Markets Enter the Mainstream Cycle, Gate Becomes a Top 3 Trading Distribution Portal." The report points out that prediction markets are rapidly entering the mainstream financial system. High-profile events such as politics, sports, macroeconomics, AI, and regulation continue to drive demand for event trading, and "future probability" is gradually becoming a new tradable asset. Since 2026, the monthly notional trading volume of prediction markets has exceeded $20 billion for four consecutive months. Traditional financial institutions such as ICE, Cboe, and Nasdaq are also accelerating their deployment in event-driven trading markets, and prediction markets are gradually becoming an important new branch of the derivatives market.

The report focuses on the strategic significance of Gate's integration with Polymarket. Leveraging its over 53 million global users, USDT funding gateway, and multi-asset ecosystem including spot and futures trading, Gate has transformed its previously Web3-native prediction market into a CEX-native account-based event trading experience. Users can participate in event trading directly without needing wallets, gas, or cross-chain assets. The report points out that Gate has become one of Polymarket's top 3 trading volume distribution channels and is driving its product structure to expand from "Spot + Futures" to "Spot + Futures + Event Trading," further evolving towards a next-generation information-based financial trading gateway.