Polling was built to measure what people think, but it mostly captures what people say they think. Belief filtered through bias, identity, and bipartisan rituals just becomes noise. Opinions are cheap when they cost nothing to express. Markets fix that.
Myriad’s Perpetual Sentiment Markets replace surveys with price discovery. Instead of ticking a box, participants buy or sell positions that represent their beliefs, such as Fear vs Greed or Approval vs Disapproval of a politician, staking value in belief. The result is an always-on, self-correcting signal of collective sentiment.
Every trade carries cost and consequence. Bias becomes expensive, conviction becomes measurable and ideally, truth gains liquidity.
Unlike our other prediction markets and event contracts that expire, these markets never resolve. They track the living pulse of public mood on chain and are perpetually liquid. The rise and fall of confidence around people, tokens, or ideas are expressed and financialized in real time.
The principle may be a bit idealistic—but these markets are based on our thesis, simple but profound: When expression costs something, honesty scales.
A new information infrastructure
That’s why Perpetual Sentiment Markets aren’t just a trading tool, they’re a new form of information infrastructure. They don’t ask what people believe; they show what they’re willing to bet on and unlike traditional polls or meters like Fear and Greed, instead of just seeing a snapshot of current sentiment in time, you can follow a historical chart/price feed that shows you over time how sentiment has changed and eventually, what variables may have triggered that change.
On Myriad you can now stake capital against your belief on four markets, with many more coming soon. Some are consequential and others are more fun. The Up or Down Market is the first memetic sentiment contract on chain that allows you interpret as you will and vote with or against the crowd. Call it a Battle Royale of sorts… will the bulls beat the bears, will you take to the skies or stay on land?
However you interpret Up vs Down, to date $3.6m of sentiment positions have been taken in this market.
Instead of seeing a snapshot of current sentiment, you can now follow a historical chart.
Myriad Sentiment Markets mark one more step forward in a world where information moves fast and requires verification. Welcome to the age of information, where opinions become the most valuable commodity.
Get started with Myriad’s Perpetual Sentiment Markets here.
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