The Future of Prediction Markets | Polymarket and Chainlink at Link:NYC 2026

Polymarket Chief Legal Officer Neil Kumar joins Chainlink Labs Chief Business Officer Johann Eid at Link:NYC. They discuss how prediction markets are changing the way institutions and everyday people assess global risk.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:36 Meet Neil Kumar, Chief Legal Officer, Polymarket

1:20 How prediction markets turn information into prices

3:32 Scale and institutional adoption

5:36 The ICE partnership

7:02 Resolving markets at scale with Chainlink

10:34 Launching five- and 15-minute crypto markets

12:03 Expanding into stocks and commodities

14:34 The next 12 to 24 months for prediction markets

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