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Ryan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Polymarket is a little bit more international.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Who do you think is better set up to make grounds, gain ground in 2026?

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Do you have a take there?

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Okay, so no prediction market token.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

I mean, I think it makes sense that there's no polymarket token when prediction markets are growing, you know, month over month, quarter over quarter in volumes anyways, like why distract yourself with a token?

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

You've, you're doing the growth thing, focus on growth, focus on doing what you need to do to, to focus on your core competencies.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

It seems too early when, while these, both of these prediction markets are in more or less their hyper growth stage, uh,

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

do you really need a token to like even add any more jet fuel onto that fire?

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Like maybe there's an argument that it could, you know, it could really, you know, you're already doing the growth thing, but maybe you could do even more growth.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

But I don't know why a whole company would want to distract themselves by introducing a financial asset into the market at a very early stage in both of their respective lifetimes.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

From what I heard you say, it sounds like Kalshi has more domestic competition with Robinhood, with FanDuel leaning into prediction markets, and their customer acquisitions are all kind of more natively U.S.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

customers.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And there's more in that environment is going to be more competitive where polymarket is kind of privileged in the sense that it's a little bit.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

It's like the tether.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

You know, it's not USCC.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

It's tether.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

It's offshore, has fewer rules, has a little larger audience that can go on to polymarket and trade on polymarket.

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The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And for that reason, it's not in that same competitive pressure that Kalshi is in.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Would you agree with that statement?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Let's talk about tokens.