Prediction Market Opinion completes $20 million Series A financing, with participation from Hack VC and others

According to CoinDesk, the prediction market Opinion has announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, with participation from Hack VC, Jump Crypto, Primitive Ventures, Decasonic, and others.

Forrest Liu, founder and CEO of Opinion, stated that the funding will be used to strengthen regional layouts and promote global expansion in preparation for the 2026 World Cup and multiple national election cycles.

Opinion stated that its prediction market fully adopts on-chain settlement, with a model closer to Polymarket rather than the centralized platform Kalshi. The platform claims to currently handle about one-third of the global prediction market trading volume, with an open contract size exceeding $130 million, showing significant growth since last October, covering various fields such as macroeconomics and regional events.

At the industry level, prediction markets are evolving from niche products into an emerging asset class. Data shows that the global monthly trading volume of prediction markets has approached $10 billion, with demand continuing to rise against the backdrop of increasing policy and geopolitical uncertainties.