The prediction markets category has moved from niche to mainstream over the past two years. Polymarket sets the pace on volume, Kalshi holds the regulated US share, and the rest are still finding their positioning.

Outpoll enters this space with a clear pitch, bringing tools familiar to crypto and FX traders into prediction markets and wrapping them around an open API, a native mobile app, and multi-currency deposits.

The platform is available globally, with restrictions per its Terms of Use. The primary trading asset is USDC. Trading fees are around 0.1%, in line with industry standards. 

Registration on Outpoll is condensed into a single screen with email, password, and a residency confirmation checkbox. KYC is not requested at signup and is triggered later under a risk-based compliance model, consistent with the platform's CeDeFi positioning. The advertised sub-30-second signup time matches the actual experience.

Account funding is supported in seven crypto assets, including USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL, LTC, and POL. For stablecoins, multiple networks are available. USDC can be deposited via Ethereum (ERC20), BNB Smart Chain (BEP20), Polygon, and Solana. The minimum deposit is 0.0001 USDC on any network, which effectively removes the entry barrier. A built-in converter automatically translates incoming deposits into USDC, the primary trading asset, so users do not need to acquire stablecoins in advance.

Before confirming a deposit, the platform shows a clear warning about choosing the correct network and notes that funds sent on the wrong network may be lost. The contract address is shown with a masked tail for verification.

The home screen is organized around a market catalog with category filters that cover Football, Soccer, Recession, Premier League, Politics, Champions League, Macroeconomy, and World Cup. Each market card displays current YES and NO probabilities, the resolution date, related news count, and traded volume. A sidebar surfaces New Events and Hot Topics blocks with cumulative volume by category.

Each market opens onto a dedicated page. The current probability appears at the top in percentage form, followed by a dynamics chart with six timeframes from one hour to the entire market history. The header shows resolution date, participant count, cumulative volume, and number of related news items. The order book sits directly below the chart.

Trading is built around binary YES/NO contracts. Each contract is fully collateralized in USD equivalent and settled in USDC. Prices are displayed in US-style cents, the conventional way of expressing probability in this category.

The platform supports two order types. Market orders execute at the best available price from the book. The form takes a USD amount with quick-add buttons of +$20, +$100, +$1000, and +MAX.

Limit orders set a specific price, with separate fields for price in cents and number of shares, supported by -10, +10, and +MAX increment buttons. Limit orders also include a Set Expiration toggle for time-bound activity. The interface immediately shows Total, Potential Payout in dollars and as a percentage of stake, and a matching indicator that reflects available liquidity at the selected price.

The order book is displayed directly under the chart, without tab switching. Asks and Bids appear with one-cent price steps, share counts, dollar totals, spread, and last trade price. For a trader used to crypto exchanges, the layout is immediately familiar.

The main differentiator of Outpoll's trading interface against most prediction markets is native take-profit and stop-loss support on binary contracts. On an open position, the user defines automatic profit-taking and loss-limiting levels. When either level is hit, the position closes without trader intervention. For active trading on volatile markets such as sports outcomes, political events, and crypto-driven moves, this removes the need for constant manual monitoring or for custom bots built on top of the API.

Classic prediction markets do not offer this toolkit, leaving risk management to the user or to third-party solutions. Outpoll builds it into the platform.

Outpoll provides an open REST and WebSocket API, documented at docs.outpoll.com/api. Public endpoints are accessible without authentication, which is convenient for analytics, price monitoring, and historical data collection. Private operations require an API KEY and SECRET, generated under Settings in the user account, together with a signed request. The SECRET is shown once at creation and cannot be recovered, only regenerated by replacing the key. Key lifetime is configurable up to one year.

Rate limits apply, with 3 requests per second, 50 per minute, 2,000 per hour, and 10,000 per day. Exceeding these limits may result in a temporary block, and repeated violations may lead to a permanent ban. For the prediction markets category, this level of API openness is rare, since most platforms either have no public API or restrict it to read-only functions.

In functional terms, the API covers algorithmic trading, take-profit and stop-loss automation, and price monitoring. Operations that require code confirmation, including withdrawals, 2FA management, and crypto conversion, are excluded from API access. This is a sensible security boundary. Ready-to-use Python examples are available in the documentation.

For technical users, the standard algo-trader stack of bots and custom analytics can be built on top of Outpoll without working around the UI. 

Outpoll takes a mobile-first approach with a native Android app, not adapted from the web. An iOS version is on the roadmap for Q3 2026. Prediction markets as a category have long lacked full-fledged mobile apps, with most competitors operating through mobile browsers or PWAs. A native app with push notifications for events and price moves offers a meaningful advantage in the user segment focused on fast reactions to news.

Outpoll runs a referral program accessible directly from the user dashboard. Each user receives a personal invite link and a short invite code through which new users can register. The referrer earns a 20% share of the trading fees generated by referred accounts. Earnings accumulate in USDC and are tracked in the dashboard alongside total referrals, active users, and funded referrals. The flow follows the conventional three-step structure familiar from crypto referral systems, send the link, the invited user signs up and begins trading, and the referrer receives a share of the trading fees over time. In addition, every trading operation earns Outpoll tokens. These are currently accumulated in the account and are planned for in-platform use at a later stage.

Outpoll enters a competitive but still-forming prediction markets space with product logic oriented around traders. Exchange-style order flow, native take-profit and stop-loss on binary contracts, an open API with automation support, multi-currency deposits with built-in conversion, and a native Android app. The pieces fit together into a platform that positions itself as a tool rather than a casual product.

Full technical documentation is available at docs.outpoll.com. API reference at docs.outpoll.com/api. The main platform at outpoll.com.