📉 Gemini Strategic Contraction: Exiting Europe and Australia, Fully Betting on AI and Prediction Markets!\nFounded by the Winklevoss brothers, the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced a significant strategic adjustment: formally exiting the EU, UK, and Australian markets to return to its American "base" and engage in direct competition with Coinbase.\nKey Highlights:\n🔹 Major Layoffs and AI Revolution:\nGemini announced a 25% layoff. The official explanation states that by introducing artificial intelligence (AI), its business process efficiency has improved by 100 times. This marks that AI is deeply reshaping the human structure of trading platforms.\n🔹 Strategic Retreat:\nDue to high compliance complexity, increased operating costs, and market demand falling short of expectations, Gemini has decided to abandon its European and Australian businesses and focus on resource optimization.\n🔹 Is the Prediction Market the Future?\nGemini will fully develop its prediction platform, Gemini Predictions, which is set to launch in December 2025. The company believes that the scale of prediction markets may even surpass that of capital markets in the future.\nIndustry Background:\nCurrently, prediction markets are in an explosive period. Following a 565% surge in trading volume due to the U.S. elections at the end of 2024, the daily trading volume in January 2026 has stabilized between $277 million and $550 million. Currently, Polymarket leads with a 37% market share, and Gemini is attempting to break the deadlock with new products.\nLegal Benefits:\nIt is noteworthy that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) terminated its civil lawsuit against Gemini in January 2026 and clearly stated that it would not sue again on the same grounds. The alleviation of regulatory pressure has cleared obstacles for Gemini's expansion in the U.S. market.\n#Gemini #人工智能 #预测市场 #Polymarket #SEC