Introducing Bounce Predict, the First Prediction Market Platform for Real-World Auctions
Overview Bounce Predict is the first prediction market platform that enables users to predict high-profile real-world auctions, built natively within the Bounce ecosystem. Auctions have always been Bounce’s domain. Since its founding, the platform has explored how innovative technology can intersect with auction mechanics across asset classes and formats. Bounce Predict is the natural next step in that journey — one that transforms auction information into tradable market signals. Prediction markets are scaling rapidly, yet the design space remains early and underexplored. Fewer still have turned their attention to auctions specifically. We see that gap clearly, and we intend to own it. The Thesis—Why Bounce Predict? Prediction markets work best when the underlying event is discrete, verifiable, and anticipated — auctions are all three. The global auction market moves billions of dollars annually. Individual lots at houses like Sotheby’s regularly exceed $100M in final sale price. These are not niche or illiquid events — they are globally watched, media-covered moments of price discovery, with rich pre-sale data, expert estimates, and deep collector interest preceding every hammer fall. Yet no structured, onchain market has existed where participants can express conviction on auction outcomes and be rewarded for being right. Bounce is uniquely positioned to own this category. Bounce Predict is not a prediction market that happens to cover auctions — it is a prediction market built by people who have spent years inside auction mechanics. That distinction shapes everything, from which lots get listed to how markets are designed. Initial Rollout: Sotheby’s For its launch phase, Bounce Predict focuses on Sotheby’s auction results — one of the world’s most prestigious and data-rich auction houses, active across fine art, jewelry, watches, wine, and collectibles. Markets are curated by the Bounce team, with lots selected based on the richness of available information and the level of anticipation surrounding the sale. Each market surfaces official lot details directly from Sotheby’s, giving participants the context they need to form a view. How It Works Visit https://predict.bounce.finance/ and connect your wallet.Browse live prediction markets: Each market corresponds to a selected upcoming Sotheby’s lot. Participants can review lot details — title, artist or maker, provenance, Sotheby’s pre-sale estimate, sale date, etc. — before committing to a position.Place a prediction: Select the price range you believe the hammer price will fall into, then stake your chosen amount of USDT on Ethereum mainnet. There is no binary outcome — the market is structured around price brackets, rewarding precision.Auction settles: The hammer falls. Results are recorded and verified against the official Sotheby’s sale outcome.Prize pool distributed: Each market accumulates a prize pool from all participant stakes. When the market closes, participants who predicted the correct price range share the pool proportionally to their stake. The Bigger Picture Bounce Predict is the opening move in a larger vision for what on-chain prediction markets can become in the context of real-world asset markets. The Sotheby’s rollout is the first chapter. Future phases are anticipated to expand Bounce Predict to additional major auction houses and new asset categories, progressively building toward a more comprehensive on-chain prediction layer for the global auction market.
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These rare, authentic editions are all aged 5+ years (first one from the left is 30 years old). They are top-tier collectible and a symbol of prestige.
Prepare to bid with $AUCTION via English Auction.
Winner will be invited to Bounce’s Token2049 Singapore event and receive these 4 bottles in person.
Congrats to the winner who now owns 60 LABUBU Blind Boxes🔥
Here’s how the winner was selected:
1️⃣A random number was requested via Chainlink’s VRF: https://t.co/IbnUehAcgw 2️⃣The random number was taken modulo the total number of entry tickets to select the winner:
1️⃣Visit the auction page on your wallet browser: https://app.bounce.finance/launchpad/labubu-random 2️⃣Connect your wallet. 3️⃣Enter the # of tickets—no cap, get as many as you want—and complete the transaction.
• Entry Time: 6/30/2025~7/6/2025 12PM UTC • Entry Price: 5 AUCTION(BEP20) per ticket • Each address can buy unlimited amount of tickets. • 1 winning ticket will be randomly selected and the winner will receive a transferable NFT as a proof of ownership of the blind boxes. • 60 Labubu blind boxes will be handed to whoever presents the corresponding NFT at Bounce’s Token 2049 Singapore event.