The Rise of Prediction Markets

The Rise of Prediction Markets

Prediction markets have exploded into one of the fastest-growing sectors in crypto, evolving from a niche experiment into a serious force across media, finance, politics and the internet itself.
Platforms like Polymarket are reshaping how people consume information, price probability and react to real-world events - raising major questions around truth, incentives, regulation and collective intelligence.
At the same time, prediction markets are becoming one of the clearest examples of real product-market fit in crypto today, driving massive growth, attention and mainstream adoption far beyond traditional Web3 audiences.

Join us as we explore:
• the explosive rise of prediction markets
• why they’re driving mainstream crypto adoption
• markets, media and internet culture
• regulation, manipulation and incentives
• and what comes next for the prediction economy
Expect operators, traders, founders, researchers and ecosystem leaders discussing one of the most culturally important sectors emerging in crypto right now.
🍕 Beer. Pizza. Proof-of-Community.
📍 London (exact location revealed after registering)
📅 June 15
Speakers

Andy Ross is Head of Institutional Business at Kalshi, the first regulated prediction market exchange. A 25-year veteran of global financial markets, Andy joined Kalshi from Standard Chartered Bank, where he served as Global Head of Prime Brokerage and UK Head of Financial Markets. He was the CEO of CurveGlobal, the interest rate derivatives venture backed by the London Stock Exchange Group and a consortium of major global banks. At Kalshi, he is focused on scaling the institutional franchise and integrating prediction markets into the broader financial ecosystem.
Andrew Melville is Head of Research at Block Scholes, building in crypto derivatives and prediction markets." Block Scholes is the analytical layer institutions rely on for derivatives. Volatility surfaces, structured data, and market-leading research — delivered via API, on-chain oracle, and the Bloomberg Terminal.
Dumpling runs Bullish Dumpling, a leading Chinese-language media brand covering digital assets for a global audience. Her work helps followers understand crypto’s shift from speculation into financial infrastructure, spanning crypto, macro, policy and market structure.
Ojasvi is the founder of Cauldron, a prediction platform transforming how people follow the news. Before this, she was a machine-learning research engineer at BlackRock, where she built their first LLM and GenAI tools to extract future signal out of noisy market data. A news junkie her entire life, she wanted to do something about the broken ecosystem and asked herself: what if normal people could learn to understand the world the way traders do, by looking at future signal? That's Cauldron. Each day, users make a prediction on a future headline, which lets them follow a story from beginning to end instead of chasing infinite threads to understand what's happening in the world. One prediction a day. Long reading. Slow thinking.
Moderator Paul Howard is a Senior Director of Wincent, a leading high-frequency cryptocurrency market maker and OTC liquidity provider with more than $600m in AUM. At Wincent, he is responsible for managing senior institutional relationships, strategy and business development across Europe and Asia. Paul has over 12 years’ experience in the digital asset sector and a decade of trading experience at investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Latterly, he has held a number of senior positions in crypto, such as CIO of a Bitcoin mining operation and also launched his own VC fund. Paul has an MBA from the University of Hong Kong. He is a passionate skier and father of two children.

AGENDA:
6:30pm - Arrival, networking
7:15pm - Panel begins
8:15pm - Networking resumes, food served
9:30pm - Event concludes
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📅 Monday 15th June
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⏰ 6:30–9:30pm
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