Indexed Podcast

In today’s episode, we're unpacking what’s really driving prediction markets and how to think about them as information and distribution systems, not just gambling venues.

We discuss:
  • Polymarket vs Kalshi: onchain vs offchain tradeoffs
  • Distribution advantages and partnerships
  • Liquidity, market making, and arbitrage dynamics
  • Why volume alone is misleading
  • Sports betting vs long-duration markets
  • Fees, incentives, and wash trading concerns
  • U.S. regulation and launch implications
  • Prediction markets as news and truth-discovery tools
  • The long arc from Augur to today
And much more—enjoy!
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 Timestamps:
 (00:00) Introduction
 (01:50) Prediction markets return
 (05:16) Offchain vs onchain
 (09:37) Kalshi distribution edge
 (13:23) US legality questions
 (17:50) Market timing mechanics
 (22:19) Market creation debates
 (30:19) API delays and arbitrage
 (32:55) Liquidity and market makers
 (34:27) User growth questions
 (36:00) Prediction markets as news
 (39:11) From Augur to now
 (40:07) Outro
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Content links:
Dashboard:
https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets
https://brier.fyi/
https://calibration.city/calibration

Slides: https://bit.ly/45Hlzxa
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Content links:
Jobs board: 
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The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414.
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Creators and Guests

Host
Boxer
Wizard relations @DuneAnalytics. The data must flow.
Host
danning.eth⚡️🤖
financial nihilist. mev-thirsty. data @ Flashbots. host @indexed_pod. council @thelatestindefi. previously data @0xProject @ConsenSys.
Host
hildobby
data @dragonfly_xyz / host @indexed_pod

What is Indexed Podcast?

Hi! 👋 We are 3 data nerds here to chat trendy metrics, chart crimes in web3. We hope to bring you deep dive of the topics with data-driven insights, and bring more transparency to the crypto industry! Let us know your opinions under each episode, and the topics you'd like to hear from us!

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