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Prediction markets’ biggest month yet, in 3 charts

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By Robert Hackett
| a16z Frontier
Prediction markets just had their biggest month ever. Notional trading volume hit $123.6B. That’s 1.5x all of 2024 and 2025 combined ($82B). Even if you use a much more conservative measure and look at the cash that buyers paid for contracts (counting parlays at the cents paid for them, not the $1 they pay out), October still topped all of 2025. October ‘26: $22.7B All 2025: $20.9B Almost every prediction market measure hit an all-time high in October (up from Sept. records).
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3 charts on the tokenized stocks boom

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By Robert Hackett, Ryan Holloway
| a16z Frontier
Tokenized equities — or tokenized stocks, as they’re more commonly known — show the inroads crypto is making into Wall Street. These are blockchain-based tokens that represent traditional equities such as corporate shares, ETFs, and index products. Unlike traditional equities, tokenized stocks can be self-custodied in digital wallets, moved permissionlessly, traded at any time, and used seamlessly as collateral across onchain finance.
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From corporation to crowd: How organizations evolved through time and technology

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By Tim Sullivan, Robert Hackett
| a16z Frontier
For centuries, the central challenge of commerce has been the same: How do you get people with different roles, different information, and different incentives to work together toward a common purpose? The answer has almost always involved some form of organizational innovation: new structures that allocate risk, reward, and responsibility in ways the previous generation couldn’t. The history of commerce is also a history of coordination.
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