Robin Markets has raised an $​475k angel round from @fabric_vc @animocabrands @atkaincubator @johnlilic @StefanDGeorge with angels from @HilbertCapital @LayerZero & more. With this announcement we are opening up the V1 staking product to the public. 🧵

Prediction markets have grown explosively, yet DeFi in the context of prediction markets remains nascent and unexplored. Our new quarterly report covers market structure, liquidity, funding, ecosystems, and long-term potential. Full report → robinmarkets.substack.com/p/…

Robin Wrapped 2025! For those of you that are new, we started Robin Markets 1 year ago with a completely different product in mind. It's been a long way through different ideas, but with our latest product we feel we've truly arrived. Now let's dive in to the year.

50,000 Points up for grabs! You can earn points by staking Polymarket positions in our Genesis Vault. Here's how it works 👇

Introducing our first ecosystem partner: @yearnfi We've been working with Yearn behind the scenes to build a USDCe-based strategy, bringing competitive yields to @Polymarket Come earn on mainnet soon with Robin and Yearn!

100 private beta spots have now been filled and whitelisted 🫡 We will leave the form open and you can still apply - if any of the beta testers don't activate within 48 hours you will be able to claim their spot. Extremely thankful for everyone who applied 🙏

Private Beta: Applications FCFS We’re opening the doors to our private beta for everyone who's followed us here on X (FCFS). Here’s how it works: 1) Apply via Google Forms We’re letting in 100 handpicked traders. This is your chance to test Robin before the public launch. The form takes 1 minute: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… (RT this tweet to be considered) 2) We launch Tuesday Beta kicks off next week. You’ll get $1,000 in testnet USDC to trade with, and access to a private Discord to share feedback and alpha. 3) Everyone gets an airdrop All selected beta testers that fill out the feedback form and make at least 2 trades will be included in our community airdrop. This is our way of rewarding early contributors. 4) Top traders earn most We’re running a 2-week trading competition. The 5 best-performing traders will share 0,0075% of the token supply with nr.1 earning a significantly larger share of the prize. This is your first and only shot to front-run the public launch while helping shape one of the most important products in InfoFi. Ooga Booga.

Where does the yield come from??? As we launch on mainnet we're looking to offer competitive APYs between 5%-30% to LPs and traders. But how the hell do we do that without committing crime? In this post we'll be talking more about where exactly the yield comes from. But first: why are we doing this? We believe there's an untapped opportunity in using DeFi-native yield to incentivise deeper liquidity on prediction markets. To us, prediction markets are casinos with positive externalities and we deeply believe in the Info Finance thesis. But Info Finance doesn't work without liquidity. So we're building yield-bearing prediction markets making use of Berachains PoL to build flywheels galore. So back to the key question: where does the yield come from? The yield comes from Berachain-native protocols. For V1 we're going to be focusing on lending strategies on Beraborrow, Dolomite and Euler. The stables deposited by LPs get sent straight into the most lucrative stable farms on Berachain, collecting both yield and BGT rewards. The vast majority of the yield goes back to LPs as they stand for the capital, but traders will also be rewarded for the positions they hold. Traders will especially get juicy chunks of bribes received through PoL. Why stables? We're doing this to ensure the strategy is liquid and not subject to directional market risk (focus on stablecoins). For V2 however the cook is going to be infinitely harder. We're talking delta-hedged re-staking & points farming all disitributed to our traders and LPs. We're still working on the risk-management side of things for V2, but stay tuned for this. There may or may not also be a points program coming up, starting with our private beta that goes live next Tuesday (DM us or @0xFudrick for access). Until then we keep grinding for mainnet launch. Ooga fucking booga.

Prediction markets are one of the most powerful yet perpetually broken ideas in crypto. They promise market-driven truth discovery. Speculation. Collective intelligence. But so far, the only platform that's been able to effectively accomplish this is Polymarket. Why is that?