Can Betting Pools Reshape Ethereum’s Future? Livestakes Is Placing Its Bets

Ethereum's ecosystem is no stranger to innovation—but Livestakes is pushing the envelope with betting pools that could turbocharge network dynamics. Here's why the crypto world is watching.

Betting meets blockchain in Livestakes' bold experiment. By allowing users to stake predictions on Ethereum's performance, the platform turns passive holders into active participants—with skin in the game.

Will this gamify ETH's evolution or just add another layer of speculative froth? Traders are already hedging their bets (and their bags).

One thing's certain: in crypto, where 'number go up' is the closest thing to fundamental analysis, Livestakes might just have cracked the code for engagement—or invented the next degenerate yield farm.

The project aims to support developers by providing funding through betting pools, similar to existing betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. But it adds an element of exposure, as it provides traders with short vertical videos that explain who the developers are and what their projects are about.

“It’s all this HYPE and energy craze that you see in meme markets, but now we have it at hackathons. So more money is coming here, more attention,” continued Ziz.

Prediction markets may shape the future of ETH

Platforms like Livestakes suggest a future where prediction markets are more than just side attractions, they become active participants in Ethereum’s innovation economy.

By letting the crowd vote with their wallets, Livestakes builds financial momentum around developer teams before they even win official prizes, potentially turning them into community favorites and attracting further support for their projects in the near-future.

Earlier in June, Ethereum’s own co-founder Vitalik Buterin was rumored to take part in an upcoming funding round for Polymarket that could see the prediction market receiving $200 million. This is not surprising, considering Buterin was one of the main investors in the market’s Series B funding round back in 2024, which yielded $70 million.

In the spirit of Ethereum’s own decentralization model, prediction markets like Livestakes could put more power in the hands of the community. As they are granted the ability to fund the projects they believe in. Ethereum’s future may be shaped less by centralized planning and more by coordinated conviction.