Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Finds Prediction Platforms Like Polymarket, Kalshi ‘Healthier’ Than Traditional Markets: Here’s Why
Posted On December 22, 2025
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin said on Sunday that prediction markets are “healthier” to participate in than regular financial markets.
Buterin Builds A Case For Prediction Markets
During a conversation on Farcaster, a decentralized social media platform, Buterin stated that prediction markets are bounded between 0 and 1, reducing risks such as pump-and-dump and speculative bubbles.
He also contrasted prediction markets with social media, where people can make “sensational” claims.
“In social media, lots of people talk about ‘This war will definitely happen’ and scare people, and there’s no real accountability: you gain clout in the moment,” Buterin said, specifically referring to Elon Musk’s post …
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