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Myriad Markets, rated and explained

A crypto native prediction market that runs on chain and settles in stablecoins, with its real money pools placed outside the United States.

By Fredrik FilipssonEditor · Two decades in advisory, hospitality and mediaReviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor, on 28 June 2026
Last reviewed
28 June 2026
Facts as of
June 2026
Headquarters
On chain, crypto native
Prediction Market Index score
60/100
Illustrative editorial example
In short
Direct answer

Myriad is an on chain prediction market run by DASTAN, the parent of Decrypt and Rug Radio. You trade shares priced between 0 and 1 in stablecoins from a self custody wallet.

Key dated figure

Automated market maker fees run 0% to 2% on buys, plus about $0.0085 per transaction for gas, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026.

The one honest thing to know

Myriad places its USD1 real money pools outside the United States, and the US standing of crypto native prediction markets is unsettled. Do not assume real money access from the US.

Last reviewed

28 June 2026. Availability, fees, and settlement assets change often, so verify the current terms on the platform before depositing.

Quick answer

Myriad Markets is an on chain prediction market where you buy and sell shares in the outcome of real world events, with each share priced between zero and one and settling in stablecoins through a self custody wallet. It was launched in 2025 by DASTAN, the company behind the crypto outlets Decrypt and Rug Radio, and it runs both order book and automated market maker engines. For real money it sits outside the United States, because its USD1 pools are offered exclusively to customers outside the US, so a US reader should treat it as informational rather than available.

The scorecard

100 points, split five ways.

Each platform is scored against the same five part rubric, weighted toward regulation and reliable payouts. Scores are illustrative editorial judgments, not investment advice.

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Regulation and trust12/30

A crypto native protocol outside the US framework, with US standing for real money unsettled.

Market selection and liquidity15/25

A growing menu across crypto, sports, politics, economy, gaming and culture.

Fees and costs15/20

Low trading fees on buys, plus a small per transaction gas charge.

Usability and experience11/15

A wallet or social login flow with markets embedded next to media content.

Payouts and support7/10

On chain settlement resolved through an oracle, with funds in your own custody.

How it works

Shares priced between zero and one

Myriad works the way most prediction markets do. Each outcome is a share whose price sits somewhere between zero and one, and that price reads directly as the market implied chance of the outcome. A share quoted at 0.53 says the crowd is pricing a 53 percent chance, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. As people buy and sell, the price moves in real time and the implied chance moves with it. When the event resolves, the winning outcome pays one per share and the losing outcomes pay nothing, so the cheaper a long shot looks, the larger the payout if it comes in, and the smaller the payout on a near certainty. A price is an implied probability, not a prediction, and an outcome can always go the other way.

Share price reads as an implied chance, and resolves to 1 or 0 0.000% chance 0.5050% chance 1.00100% chance 0.53 share = 53% implied At resolution:winning outcome pays 1.00 per share, losing outcomes pay 0.00
Illustrative scale of how a Myriad share price maps to an implied chance and settles at resolution. As of June 2026.

Two engines behind the price

Unusually, Myriad runs two different market engines, and the one behind a given market shapes how your trade is priced. The first is a central limit order book, where traders post limit orders and the book matches buyers and sellers on price and time priority, the same mechanism a stock exchange uses. Myriad says its order book carries slippage controls, limit orders, dynamic fees, and broader market information, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. The second is an automated market maker, where prices come from a formula against a pool of funds rather than from resting orders. Myriad describes the automated market maker curve as making prices more predictable, with the prices of all outcomes in a market always summing to one. The practical difference is that an order book can show you exactly what rests at each price, while an automated market maker moves the price smoothly as you trade. If you are new to these mechanics, our guide to how an order book works and the explainer on slippage both cover the costs to watch for.

Reading a Myriad market before you trade

A market page on Myriad shows the outcomes, the current price of each as a number between zero and one, a chart of how that price has moved over time, and the resolution rules that say exactly what will count as the answer. To take part you pick the outcome you think is more likely, type an amount, and confirm; the interface offers quick amount buttons and a maximum, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. Two habits are worth forming before you commit real funds. First, read the resolution rules in full, because the wording decides what makes a contract pay, and a market that looks obvious can hinge on a detail in how the result is defined. Second, check whether you are in points or in a real money market, since the same screen can show either depending on your country, and a points balance is practice rather than capital. Taking a moment on both points is the difference between trading the question you think you see and the one the contract actually settles. The chart is useful for context, but a past price is a record of what the crowd believed, not a forecast of what will happen, so read it as history rather than as a signal that the result is decided.

Costs and funding

What it costs, and what you fund with

Because Myriad is on chain, your cost has two parts: the trading fee charged by the market, and the network gas paid to the blockchain to record the transaction. The table below sets out the figures the platform publishes, as we read them in June 2026. Trading fees are dynamic and differ between the two engines, so treat these as the documented ranges rather than a fixed price, and confirm the current numbers in the application before you trade.

Myriad Markets costs and funding, as we read them
ItemWhat we foundAs of
Automated market maker fee0% to 2% on buy transactionsMay 2026
Application gas chargeAbout $0.0085 per transaction to cover blockchain gasMay 2026
Order book feeDynamic fees on the central limit order bookMay 2026
Settlement assetsPoints for play, plus USDC and USD1 stablecoins for real money, depending on countryJune 2026
Funding methodsTransfer from Abstract, send USD1 on BNB Chain, transfer crypto auto converted to USD1, connect a wallet or exchange, or use a card or cash optionMay 2026
Withdrawal and custodySelf custody to your own wallet on chain; funds never held by Myriad; pay network gas to move fundsMay 2026
Methodology: figures read from the Decrypt Myriad guide and Myriad announcements, as of the dates shown. We did not place a live trade. Trading fees are dynamic and vary by market and engine, and network gas varies with chain conditions. Verify current terms with the platform before depositing. Illustrative for editorial use.
Money in, money out

How funds move on Myriad

Your walletstablecoins, self custody Myriad marketorder book or AMM Resolutionoracle settles outcome Payoutback to your wallet A trade, start to finish, stays on chain You keep custody throughout; Myriad does not hold your funds.
Illustrative flow of funds on Myriad, from deposit to settlement. As of June 2026.

Getting started is a wallet flow rather than a bank one. You sign in with a wallet or a social login, verify your email, and fund the account with stablecoins. Myriad lists several deposit routes, including transferring from Abstract, sending USD1 on BNB Chain, transferring other crypto that is auto converted to USD1 on arrival, connecting a wallet or an exchange, or using a card or cash option, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. Withdrawal is the reverse, on chain to your own wallet, and because the model is self custody the keys can be exported from your profile settings and Myriad never holds your funds. That design removes a custodian as a point of failure, but it also puts the responsibility for key safety on you, which is the trade that comes with every self custody venue.

Markets and resolution

What you can trade, and how it settles

Myriad groups its markets into Crypto, Sports, Politics, Economy, Gaming and Culture, with the markets often embedded next to written and video coverage from Decrypt and Rug Radio, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. Alongside the standard markets it runs short timeframe automated markets, marketed as 5 Minute Markets and as a product called Candles, which offer quick questions with continuous liquidity and automated resolution. Settlement leans on an oracle, the on chain service that reports the real world result so a contract can pay out. Myriad has named Chainlink as the oracle behind its 2026 FIFA World Cup match markets, per Decrypt, in 2026. If an event is cancelled, Myriad says you get your stake back or it settles on whatever official information is available.

The platform is multichain. It launched on Abstract, an Ethereum layer 2 network, and later expanded to Linea and BNB Chain to keep transaction costs low, per reporting in 2026. During the first quarter of 2026 Myriad began moving its BNB markets toward USD1, the World Liberty Financial stablecoin, as the base settlement asset, starting with the Candles product on 14 January 2026, per a Chainwire announcement of that date. Standardising on one settlement asset is meant to consolidate liquidity across the platform, though it also ties part of the venue to a specific stablecoin, which is a point a careful reader will want to keep an eye on.

Key facts

What you are actually dealing with.

Operator
DASTAN, the parent company of Decrypt and Rug Radio; launched in 2025.
as of May 2026
Regulatory status
A crypto native protocol outside the CFTC framework; the US standing of real money trading is unsettled.
as of June 2026
Custody of funds
Self custody via wallet; funds never held by Myriad; settles in stablecoins.
as of May 2026
Chains
Launched on Abstract; expanded to Linea and BNB Chain.
as of June 2026
Market categories
Crypto, sports, politics, economy, gaming and culture, plus short timeframe markets.
as of May 2026
US availability
USD1 real money pools offered exclusively to customers outside the United States; do not assume US access.
as of June 2026
Availability and US standing

Where Myriad is, and is not, open to you

For a reader in the United States, the honest position is caution. Myriad has placed its USD1 real money pools outside the United States, offering them exclusively to customers outside the US, per its Candles launch announcement of 14 January 2026. Separately, the broader question of whether a crypto native, offshore prediction market may lawfully serve US persons for real money is unsettled, and we will not state a clean legality where none exists. A points mode, which uses an in platform currency rather than real funds, may be reachable depending on country, but a points balance is not a real money account. Treat Myriad from the US as something to understand rather than to fund, and read our US legality hub for how the rules differ by place.

Check your region

Is Myriad Markets open to you?

Myriad does not offer its real money pools to users in the United States. Look at a play money points mode or a US regulated alternative instead.

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Not available to you

Availability as of June 2026, illustrative.

A note on risk,

Self custody and low fees do not make a platform safe to over trade. Prediction markets can lose you money, and a crypto native venue adds the extra risks of stablecoin exposure, key loss, and contract failure. Trade only what you can afford to lose, never to chase losses, and never on borrowed money. If it stops feeling like a choice, step back. In the US call or text 1-800-GAMBLER or visit ncpgambling.org.

The balance

Strengths, limits, and who it suits

Read on its own terms, Myriad does several things well. Running both an order book and an automated market maker is genuinely useful, because the two engines suit different markets, and a trader who understands them can pick the venue that prices their size best. The fee level on the automated market maker, a band of zero to two percent on buys plus a small fixed gas charge, is modest by the standards of on chain venues, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. Self custody means you are never asking a company to hold your money, which removes one common failure mode. And the integration with Decrypt and Rug Radio gives the markets a steady supply of context, since a market often sits right beside the article that explains the event it tracks. For a reader already comfortable in crypto, that is a coherent package.

The limits are just as real, and most of them follow from the same design. Self custody puts key safety on you, and a lost key or a signed malicious transaction is your loss, not a help desk ticket. Settling in stablecoins adds a layer of exposure that a cash account does not have, because a stablecoin can in principle drift from its peg, and Myriad has tied part of the platform to USD1 specifically. Liquidity on a younger venue can be thin away from the busiest markets, which raises the slippage and price impact costs we cover in the mechanics guides. And resolution depends on an oracle reporting the result correctly, which is reliable in the ordinary case but is one more moving part than a regulated exchange that resolves against a named source. None of these is a reason to avoid the platform, but each is a reason to size carefully and read the rules of any specific market before trading it.

The largest single limit, for many readers of this site, is simply reach. Myriad has placed its USD1 real money pools outside the United States, and the wider US standing of crypto native prediction markets is unsettled, so a US reader cannot treat the platform as an available real money venue. That is not a knock on the product; it is a fact about where it is allowed to operate. It does mean that for a US audience the page is best read as background on how an on chain prediction market is built, rather than as a place to open an account today.

Put plainly, Myriad suits a crypto comfortable user outside the United States who values self custody, low trading fees, and markets woven into media coverage, and who is willing to manage a wallet and accept stablecoin and oracle risk in exchange. It suits far less well a reader who wants a regulated, cash funded account with a custodian standing behind it, or who is based in the United States and looking for somewhere they can actually fund. As with every venue we cover, the right comparison is not Myriad against perfection but Myriad against the specific alternatives that are genuinely open to you, which is what our platform ratings and cross platform fees table are there to help you do.

How we assess it

How we assessed Myriad Markets

We assess every platform the same way. We research its regulatory basis, fee schedule, funding methods, market range, and availability from primary and reputable sources, then score it against a fixed rubric. We do not take payment for a score or a place, and we update the page when the facts change. For this review we read the published Myriad guide on Decrypt and the platform announcements on 28 June 2026, and we checked the documented fees, funding routes, settlement assets, and the stated US restriction on USD1 pools. We did not open a funded account or place a live trade, so we have marked the figures as read from documentation rather than from hands on use, and we have flagged the US legal position as unsettled rather than asserting a clean answer. Read the full method on our editorial standards page.

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Common questions

Answered plainly.

Is Myriad Markets available in the United States?

Myriad does not offer its USD1 real money pools to customers in the United States; per its Candles launch announcement, those pools are available exclusively to customers outside the United States, as of 2026. A points mode may be reachable, and the broader US regulatory standing of crypto native prediction markets is unsettled, so do not assume real money access from the US.

What does Myriad Markets cost to use?

On Myriad automated market maker markets the fee ranges from 0% to 2% on buy transactions, and the application charges about $0.0085 per transaction to cover blockchain gas, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. Order book markets use dynamic fees. You also pay network gas to move funds, so confirm the current terms before depositing.

Who runs Myriad Markets?

Myriad is an on chain prediction market launched in 2025 by DASTAN, the parent company of the crypto media outlets Decrypt and Rug Radio, per Decrypt, as of May 2026. Its markets are integrated alongside written and video content from those outlets.

How are my funds held on Myriad Markets?

Myriad is self custody. Funds are never held by Myriad, and account keys can be exported from the profile settings, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. You fund a wallet with stablecoins, trade, and withdraw on chain, which removes a custodian but puts key safety on you.

What can you predict on Myriad Markets?

Myriad lists markets across Crypto, Sports, Politics, Economy, Gaming and Culture, per the Decrypt Myriad guide, as of May 2026. It also runs short timeframe automated markets and has named Chainlink as the oracle behind its 2026 FIFA World Cup match markets.

Does Myriad Markets have a play money mode?

Yes. Myriad offers points, an in platform currency, alongside real money stablecoin markets, with availability depending on your country, per platform documentation, as of 2026. Points let you try the mechanics before committing real capital.

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