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September 17, 2026, 01:25:21 PM
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It's not the problem of the Trust wallet if someone becomes addicted to prediction markets. If I was the user of Trust wallet, I would find it pleasant and comfortable to have the ability to use Prediction Market so easily. I don't get addicted to such things and even if I got, that would be my responsibility and my own fault, not Trust Wallet's.

Absolutely correct. If something has various features, like prediction market in Trust Wallet, it is not a must to use this feature. I have Ledger wallet, but that I have never used swap feature, never bought directly crypto with fiat and never had Ledger crypto card. No doubt that heaving such features shortens way from money you have to placing a prediction, but I think people still will prefer popular Polymarket to prediction build-in feature.

 
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September 17, 2026, 01:35:08 PM
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Absolutely correct. If something has various features, like prediction market in Trust Wallet, it is not a must to use this feature. I have Ledger wallet, but that I have never used swap feature, never bought directly crypto with fiat and never had Ledger crypto card. No doubt that heaving such features shortens way from money you have to placing a prediction, but I think people still will prefer popular Polymarket to prediction build-in feature.
Of course, the majority might prefer Polymarket, but we shouldn't overlook the vast number of people who simply place bets for the sake of it without analyzing underlying factors or employing specific strategies. Given the ongoing trend in prediction markets, Trust Wallet is poised to capture a user base of people who place bets while commuting home from work. For them, it is a form of leisure a way to get a thrill and an adrenaline rush and there are millions, even tens of millions, of such casual players worldwide. Trust Wallet will undoubtedly profit from this.

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September 17, 2026, 01:35:17 PM
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By adding such new features like prediction markets, trust wallet wanna draw more users' attention but it also raises some concern. I mean people use trust wallet to manage their crypto assets but besides adding sports prediction, political news and other things can make this platform complicated. Besides some people may use that prediction as a safe way to earn money while that can lead them to financial crisis. Although i see this as an interesting development but trust wallet should need to maintain security when it comes to adding new features along with making the wallet simple and secure
It seems that they are heading to a new direction, and I'm guessing that that direction needs to generate a lot of money. This looks likes coinbase, they also added a prediction market on their system and it seems other wallet follows. We maybe seeing other wallet follow this trend.

We can't control these wallet companies as they are trying to generate revenue to sustain their businesses. Prediction market is hot right now and I think that they are trying to take the opportunity as they have an existing user base, they only need to add the prediction market and wait for people to use it. I'm seeing this more on the business side.
I feel Diversifying to make money other ways will be more with exchange wallet because they are strictly in business. If trust wallet really wants to go into business like this they would have create an exchange just like bitget, they have a custodial wallet and exchange. Trust wallet is known to be a non-custodial wallet, and I'm sure they know the main reason why investors prefers to keep bitcoin in a non-custodial wallet,  mainly to hodl Bitcoin. Having prediction market on trust wallet a diverted attention.

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September 18, 2026, 11:19:39 AM
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Absolutely correct. If something has various features, like prediction market in Trust Wallet, it is not a must to use this feature. I have Ledger wallet, but that I have never used swap feature, never bought directly crypto with fiat and never had Ledger crypto card. No doubt that heaving such features shortens way from money you have to placing a prediction, but I think people still will prefer popular Polymarket to prediction build-in feature.
Of course, the majority might prefer Polymarket, but we shouldn't overlook the vast number of people who simply place bets for the sake of it without analyzing underlying factors or employing specific strategies. Given the ongoing trend in prediction markets, Trust Wallet is poised to capture a user base of people who place bets while commuting home from work. For them, it is a form of leisure a way to get a thrill and an adrenaline rush and there are millions, even tens of millions, of such casual players worldwide. Trust Wallet will undoubtedly profit from this.

Of course everyone will have its own client, but I still think that people will chose to access Polymarket and make a deposit to place a bet, than skip few steps and do basically the same in Trust wallet. I think such thing as crowd effect will work. If everyone use Polymarket and it is popular, then I will also use it, even if there are alternatives.

Why I would also use Polymarket instead? Because psychologically, when there is something original and copycat, then I think that copycat is always worse, does not have all features, is less convenient and etc. If there is something original, nothing can be 1:1 like it is and give same experience. But that is just my feeling.

 
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October 13, 2026, 03:03:51 PM
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I feel Diversifying to make money other ways will be more with exchange wallet because they are strictly in business. If trust wallet really wants to go into business like this they would have create an exchange just like bitget, they have a custodial wallet and exchange. Trust wallet is known to be a non-custodial wallet, and I'm sure they know the main reason why investors prefers to keep bitcoin in a non-custodial wallet,  mainly to hodl Bitcoin. Having prediction market on trust wallet a diverted attention.

Maybe they're just testing the waters for now before going all in on something like this. What I hope is they don't overload the app though, I always liked how simple it is. A wallet that does one thing well is hard to beat.
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October 14, 2026, 12:22:20 PM
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Trust wallet is a hot wallet and most hot wallets in crypto space today are all exchanges capable, they have ways of exchanging  coins and tokens in them, adding prediction market won't cost a thing.

Very soon other crypto wallets will follow the same thing because why not? Anything that can boost business like crypto business is very welcome to everybody, nobody wants to be left behind.

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Trust wallet is a hot wallet and most hot wallets in crypto space today are all exchanges capable, they have ways of exchanging  coins and tokens in them, adding prediction market won't cost a thing.

Very soon other crypto wallets will follow the same thing because why not? Anything that can boost business like crypto business is very welcome to everybody, nobody wants to be left behind.

The problem arises when projects which were intended to be used to save the value of people safely turn into tools which are used to gamble or bet in very speculative and shady services.
Let us see a wallet like Metamask, for example, it was never intended to be a platform for gambling or betting, it was supposed to be a way for people to access their assets and also interact with smart contracts, it would be weird if they started to offer Polymarket on their dashboard or something like it, it would be like having a bank to sponsor gambling or betting to people who had a simple saving account.

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