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Altius Labs CEO: prediction markets and pre-IPO contracts can serve as price signals

  • —Huang cited prediction markets, commodity perpetuals and pre-IPO-linked contracts as examples of pricing existing assets
  • —Prediction market prices aggregate participant views but lose reliability when liquidity is thin
  • —Coinbase's pre-IPO contracts grant no rights to shares, voting power or cash flows
  • —Huang said throughput, latency and liquidity depth shape how reliable price signals are
Why it matters: The argument broadens blockchain's role from token issuance to price discovery, potentially boosting demand for prediction market and pre-IPO contract infrastructure.
Source: TokenPost