“Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is “starting to worry” about the state of prediction markets, arguing that the sector’s growing reliance on uninformed speculators threatens its long-term viability. In a post on X on Friday, Buterin called on platforms to pivot from speculative gambling toward AI-powered hedging tools designed around real-world consumer spending.”

Sure, because we know all consumer goods chase virtue and not taking advantage of their purveyors..