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92949b7318 rio: 3 new claims + 1 enrichment on prediction→decision market pipeline
New claims:
1. Prediction market growth builds infrastructure for decision markets but
   conversion is not happening — $63.5B→$200B+ annual volume vs MetaDAO's
   $219M ecosystem, ~1000x gap widening. Three structural barriers:
   incentive mismatch, resolution clarity, market size ceiling.

2. Prediction market boom is primarily a sports gambling boom — sports
   37-78% of volume depending on platform/period. Kalshi's $22B valuation
   catalyzed by March Madness ($25.5M fees in 4 days). Weakens the
   information aggregation narrative that supports futarchy thesis.

3. Prediction market regulatory legitimacy creates both opportunity and
   existential risk for decision markets — CFTC normalization helps but
   sports gambling association could trigger backlash that collaterally
   destroys governance applications (Hanson's explicit concern).

Enrichment:
- prediction-market-scale-exceeds-decision-market-scale: updated with
  Feb 2026 data showing gap widened from ~100x to ~1000x-4400x

Source: @0xWeiler Messari thread, CertiK 2025 report, Pine Analytics
MetaDAO Q4 2025, Robin Hanson (Overcoming Bias Dec 2025), Kalshi/Polymarket
public data.

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