🟦 PREDICTION INFRASTRUCTURE: 🔗 WALLETCONNECT EXPANDS PREDICTION MARKETS WalletConnect is positioning itself as a key infrastructure layer for the growth of on-chain prediction markets, a sector that recorded strong expansion after surpassing $64 billion in annual volume between 2024 and 2025. The rise of platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi highlights growing demand for markets where users can trade outcomes on future events, but it also exposes challenges around user experience, payments and regulatory compliance. WalletConnect aims to address these barriers by providing infrastructure that simplifies wallet connections, deposits, payments and compliance processes for prediction market platforms. Its technology is already used by markets including Polymarket and Myriad, while the network has processed more than 300 million connections with 45 million active users. WalletConnect Pay adds another layer by allowing users to deposit from different wallets without leaving the platform or managing complex bridging processes. Beyond user experience, the infrastructure introduces tools designed for regulated environments, including end-to-end session encryption, Travel Rule support, transaction screening and wallet connection geoblocking controls. As prediction markets move toward broader adoption, the ability to simplify operations without sacrificing security and compliance becomes a critical factor for scalability. WalletConnect reflects a broader Web3 trend: the next phase of adoption will not only depend on new applications, but also on infrastructure capable of reducing friction between users, protocols and regulators.