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YZi Labs, a $10B venture investment vehicle, today announced a strategic follow-on investment in Predict.fun, a crypto-native prediction market platform, following its incubation program EASY Residency Season 2. The round brought inbrought in Susquehanna Crypto, a leading global proprietary digital asset trading firm, to support the continued development of capital-efficient, onchain prediction markets.
YZi Labs’ continued investment reflects strong conviction in the prediction market sector and the phenomenon growth of Predict.fun. As industry volumes have reportedly surged nearly 4x to $64 billion in 2025 and are projected to exceed $325 billion in 2026, the next phase of growth will depend on improving capital efficiency. Predict.fun addresses this gap by transforming idle collateral into yield-bearing assets through native DeFi integration, creating a liquidity flywheel that enhances capital utilization.
Since EASY Residency Season 2, Predict.fun has reported that the platform reached over $1.8 billion in cumulative volume, 130,000+ users, more than 4 million orders matched, with over $20 million actively earning yield.
Momentum accelerated further in March with the acquisition of Probable, a prediction market project originally incubated by PancakeSwap and YZi Labs. The integration expands distribution, particularly across Asian markets, and strengthens Predict.fun’s position as the leader within the BNB Chain ecosystem.
YZi Labs will support Predict.fun through its global distribution network, ecosystem access, and business expertise. Susquehanna Crypto will work closely with the team to enhance market quality and liquidity, drawing on its experience as a liquidity provider across onchain trading venues and prediction markets platforms.
"At YZi Labs, we build long-term conviction in founders who execute. We first backed Predict.fun in our EASY Residency Season 2, and their breakout traction since then made this strategic follow-on investment a natural step," said Ella Zhang, Head of YZi Labs. "By combining their velocity with our strategic distribution, and bringing on critical strategic partners like Susquehanna Crypto, we are doubling down on the direction and team we believe will mainstream verified truth markets, and push the onchain adoption one step further."
"Prediction markets represent one of the most powerful primitives in crypto," said Ding, Founder of Predict.fun. "YZi Labs’ continued support gives us the resources and access to scale faster and execute on our long-term vision, and partnering with Susquehanna Crypto will allow us to significantly improve market efficiency."
As the leading prediction market protocol on BNB Chain, Predict.fun serves both native users and a broader cross-chain audience through smart wallet infrastructure and seamless deposits. The team plans to expand market access, enhance trading infrastructure, and deepen integrations to position BNB Chain as a global hub for capital-efficient information discovery.
YZi Labs manages over $10 billion in assets globally. Our investment philosophy emphasizes impact first—we believe that meaningful returns will naturally follow. We invest in ventures at every stage, prioritizing those with solid fundamentals in Web3, AI, and biotech.
YZi Labs’ portfolio covers over 300 projects from over 25 countries across six continents. Some notable portfolios include Trustwallet, CoinMarketCap, Polygon, Injective, Ethena, Safepal Wallet, Better Payment Network, Aster, XAI (acquired by SpaceX), and more. More than 65 of YZi Labs’ portfolio companies have gone through our incubation program, EASY Residency. For more information, follow YZi Labs on X.
Predict.fun is the fastest-growing decentralized prediction market protocol on BNB Chain, processing over $1.8B in cumulative volume since launch. The protocol combines yield-bearing positions with advanced market architecture to maximize capital efficiency for traders.
Susquehanna Crypto is a leading global proprietary digital asset trading firm, registered and headquartered in Nassau, Bahamas, with offices in London, Hong Kong, New York City, and Bala Cynwyd. Susquehanna Crypto draws on decades of experience to bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets, providing liquidity across the digital asset ecosystem through a range of complementary business lines including digital asset derivatives, on-chain strategies (including on-chain prediction markets), early-stage venture investments, and token market-making.
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