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Jupiter, Solana's largest decentralized exchange aggregator, launched Forecast, a native prediction market on the network, on June 4. The platform starts with short-term crypto price predictions using a multi-provider model that lets users trade across competing outcome providers rather than a single oracle.
"Prediction markets have been dominated by a single-chain approach, but we believe a multi-provider model creates better price discovery and resilience," a Jupiter spokesperson said. The platform plans to expand into non-crypto markets after the initial phase.
The launch comes as crypto prediction markets draw record activity. Polymarket's crypto category generated about $341 million in notional volume for the week of June 1, topping sports at $215 million and politics at $59 million, according to Polymarket data. Solana's short-term holder net unrealized profit and loss sat at negative 0.31 with SOL near $70 as of early June, Glassnode data shows, suggesting recent buyers are sitting in loss.
Forecast positions Jupiter to compete directly with Polymarket, which runs on Polygon, and could drive new users and total value locked to Solana DeFi. The expansion beyond crypto price predictions into broader market categories would open the platform to a wider addressable market, though no timeline for that rollout has been disclosed.
Jupiter has processed more than $20 billion in cumulative swap volume across Solana since its 2021 launch, according to DefiLlama data, making it the dominant aggregator on the chain. The Forecast launch adds a new product vertical beyond swaps and limit orders, putting Jupiter in competition with dedicated prediction market platforms.
The multi-provider model differentiates Forecast from single-oracle prediction markets. Users can select among competing outcome feeds, which Jupiter says reduces the risk of price manipulation from any single data source. The approach mirrors how Jupiter's core aggregator routes swaps across multiple decentralized exchanges to find the best price.
Solana's on-chain activity has grown alongside its DeFi ecosystem. The network settled about $60 billion in DEX volume in May, according to The Block data, trailing only Ethereum among L1 chains. A native prediction market could further boost Solana's transaction count and fee revenue.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
