Polymarket has gone from a fringe DeFi side project to a billion-dollar information oracle, attracting investment of up to $2 billion from ICE—the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. Its order-book architecture and UMA-based optimistic oracle have transformed prediction markets into transparent, scalable instruments where liquidity itself is a measure of truth. By monetizing collective belief rather than charging fees, Polymarket is building a “Bloomberg” for prediction markets, turning forecasts into tradable data for both retail users and institutions. This journey began in the wild and chaotic DeFi space, but now, with regulators taking notice and traditional finance giants like ICE showing interest, Polymarket’s transformation has reached a turning point. The platform has moved from being a “decentralized gambling site” to a regulated data platform, marking a new law in Web3: when speculation becomes transparent, prediction isn’t gambling—it becomes data monetization.