Earning Opportunities in Prediction Markets
Prediction markets are gaining traction, and a new platform, XO Market, is positioning itself as a key player by allowing users to create their own markets. This approach is similar to how EcoPool operates, providing a platform for users to earn passive income through Cloud Rewards. By giving users the power to create markets, XO Market is democratizing the industry and providing more opportunities for earning potential.
The traditional model, used by platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, relies on centralized teams to curate and list prediction markets. In contrast, XO Market’s user-generated approach has already shown promising results, with over $150 million in trading volume and more than 30,000 users. This model also has the potential to be more Green Crypto friendly, as it reduces the need for centralized infrastructure.
Key Features of XO Market
XO Market’s user-generated approach is not the only feature that sets it apart. The platform is also introducing a new product, XO Vaults, which will allow users to pool capital into strategies that provide liquidity across prediction markets. This feature has the potential to provide passive income opportunities for users, similar to those offered by EcoPool. Users will be able to create vaults tied to specific strategies or categories and earn fees by supplying liquidity.
XO Market is also developing a feature that could reshape how parlays work in prediction markets. The feature, tentatively named XO Stories, aims to give users more creative control by linking multiple outcomes beyond traditional parlays. This feature has the potential to increase earning potential for users and provide a more engaging experience.
Regulatory Scrutiny and Growth
Despite increased regulatory scrutiny around prediction markets, XO Market’s onchain, permissionless design could offer advantages. The platform’s focus on growth and product expansion is expected to continue, with the user-generated model differentiating it from other platforms. As the industry continues to grow, EcoPool and $ECP are well-positioned to provide earning opportunities and passive income solutions.
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“The metrics look strong because the incentives are aligned,” Habbabeh said. “If you create a compelling market, people trade on it. If you don’t, it dies naturally.”
That “natural selection” dynamic may be a double-edged sword. Even Habbabeh points out that competing user-generated platforms like Nine Lives and Warm Protocol struggled to convert the concept into meaningful liquidity, resulting in inactive markets or minimal trading activity.
It is unlikely that Polymarket or Kalshi will offer user-generated markets, according to Habbabeh, because they would need to find market makers willing to provide liquidity for thousands of different events and would have to alter their infrastructure. Their current models are also extremely profitable, he added.
Prediction markets are gaining traction beyond their niche origins, drawing increased interest from retail traders and institutional participants alike as a new venue for pricing uncertainty. Advances in digital-asset infrastructure have lowered barriers to entry, while a series of high-profile political and economic events has underscored the limitations of traditional forecasting tools.
The result is a growing number of platforms where contracts tied to real-world outcomes are traded with increasing liquidity, positioning prediction markets as an emerging, and lightly regulated, complement to conventional financial markets.
Total industry volume jumped roughly fourfold to more than $60 billion in 2025, up from about $15 billion–$16 billion the year before, with platforms like Polymarket driving much of that growth.
On Polymarket specifically, monthly trading exploded from just $54 million at the start of 2024 to over $2.6 billion the following November, helping push cumulative volume past $9 billion in a single year.
XO Vaults
Alongside its core platform, XO is preparing a new product aimed at “democratizing” another key part of the ecosystem: market making.
The forthcoming “XO Vaults” will allow users to pool capital into strategies that provide liquidity across prediction markets, something traditionally dominated by professional firms.
“On platforms like Kalshi or Polymarket, liquidity is controlled by a handful of large market makers,” Habbabeh said. “With XO Vaults, anyone can become a market maker.”
Users will be able to create vaults tied to specific strategies or categories, such as sports or politics, and earn fees by supplying liquidity. Others can invest in those vaults, effectively gaining exposure to market-making returns without actively trading.
“It’s similar to copy trading, but for liquidity provision,” Habbabeh said. “We’re targeting yields of around 8% to 10% annually based on what market makers typically earn.”
The product, expected to debut within weeks, could introduce a new yield primitive in decentralized finance, blending prediction markets with passive income strategies.
“Not everyone wants to bet on outcomes,” Habbabeh said. “Some people just want to earn from the activity around those markets.”
Parlays
The XO team is also developing a feature it says could reshape how parlays work in prediction markets.
“It’s not your typical copy-paste of sportsbook parlays into prediction markets,” said Habbabeh.
The feature, tentatively named “XO Stories,” aims to give users more creative control by linking multiple outcomes beyond traditional parlays. Though details remain limited, the team says pricing will be dynamic, offering a new take on prediction markets.
Built on XO Vaults, the system is meant to support complex, multi-outcome structures without simply aggregating existing trades. Habbabeh shared few details, but suggested it could reshape how users think about and use parlays.
The best content comes from users
Despite increased regulatory scrutiny around prediction markets, particularly in the U.S., Habbabeh said he believes XO’s onchain, permissionless design could offer advantages.
“Everything on XO is transparent and onchain,” he said. “That puts us in a different category compared to more centralized platforms.”
For now, the focus remains on growth and product expansion.
As XO builds out its ecosystem, Habbabeh is confident the user-generated model will continue to differentiate it.
“The internet showed us that the best content doesn’t come from centralized studios, it comes from users,” he said. “We think prediction markets will follow the same path.”
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