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How to find a crypto startup's competitors: 5 steps, 10 rivals

By NAUT Research · · 11 min read

10 Crypto competitors real rivals from 16 rows that share a sector tag and a chain tag on NAUT. Logos: Augur, Azuro, Polkamarkets, SX Network, Hedgehog, PlotX, FORE Protocol, Finance Vote, Predictions, Handy.

How to find a crypto startup's competitors, in short: take the startup's sector tag, pair it with the chain tag it ships on, open every row that carries both, and read each row's own description before you call it a rival. NAUT tracks 121 companies under its Prediction Market sector tag, 16 of them also tagged Ethereum, and reading those 16 descriptions on 4 November 2026 left 10 head-to-head rivals and 6 rows that belong somewhere else.

Data note. Every count here was read from NAUT's own database on 4 November 2026, read-only, with the Prediction Market sector tag paired against the Ethereum chain tag. That pair returned 16 company rows. Each of the 10 kept rows then had 1 claim about its product put to an outside page: 9 came back confirmed with a quote or a second source, and the 10th, Predictions, matched on 1 page with no second source, so nothing from that check is stated here. The 6 rows left out are named with their own reason below. NAUT Research wrote it.

How to find a crypto startup's competitors in 5 steps

Crypto competitor research starts with the tags on 1 company page, and a single sector tag is a long list rather than a shortlist. NAUT's DeFi tag alone holds 1,215 companies, and 489 of those are also tagged Ethereum, so even the pair is only a starting pool in a big sector. The work is in the reading after the filter.

  • Start from the startup rather than the sector. Open the company you are selling to or raising against, and write down the 2 tags on its page: what it does, and where it runs.
  • Pair them. 1 sector tag plus 1 chain tag is the smallest filter that still catches the teams fighting over the same users. The Prediction Market and Ethereum pair returns 16 rows.
  • Read every description. A tag is a lead. 4 of the 16 rows describe a different business in their own words, so they are out of the list however they are tagged.
  • Check the row is alive. Handy and Predictions carry no description on NAUT's record, so each one needs its domain opened before it counts. 1 of the 16 rows has no description and a domain that now redirects to an unrelated jewellery storefront.
  • Keep the chain column. 2 of the 10 are on Ethereum and nothing else, and 5 also run on Polygon, which tells you who is fighting you on 1 front and who is already somewhere else.
The 5-step competitor screen
  1. Read the 2 tagsTake the sector tag and the chain tag off the startup's own NAUT page.
  2. Pair themPrediction Market plus Ethereum returns 16 company rows on NAUT.
  3. Read all 164 rows describe a different business in their own words and come out.
  4. Check it is alive1 row has no description and a domain that redirects elsewhere, 1 more has no prediction market language on its own site.
  5. Keep the chain column10 rivals remain, 2 of them on Ethereum only and 5 also on Polygon.

Which rivals share both tags, and what does each one sell?

NAUT carries crypto sector tags on every published company row, and these are the 10 rows of the 16 whose own description or own site names a prediction, forecasting or betting market, read on 4 November 2026. Chains and descriptions are NAUT's record for each row, and the second sector tag each row carries is named below it.

Company Chains What NAUT's record says
Energi, Ethereum, Polygon Global, no-limit betting platform
BNB Chain, Ethereum, Linea, Polygon Decentralized betting protocol others build on
Ethereum, Moonbeam, Moonriver, Polygon Prediction markets protocol, open source
BNB Chain, Ethereum, Polygon Market discovery on new and existing tokens
Ethereum, Polygon Non-custodial prediction market protocol
Ethereum, Solana Decentralized prediction market on Solana
Arbitrum, Ethereum Peer-to-peer predictions ecosystem
BNB Chain, Ethereum No description on NAUT's record
Ethereum Highly scalable blockchain
Ethereum No description on NAUT's record

5 of the 10 carry a second sector tag next to Prediction Market on NAUT's record: Augur and Predictions are also tagged DeFi, Azuro Infrastructure, Polkamarkets GambleFi and DeFi, SX Network GambleFi. Those tags are where the real differences sit: Azuro is tagged Infrastructure because other apps build on it, while SX Network is tagged GambleFi and its own record calls it a chain rather than a market.

What the outside check found on each one

9 of the 10 kept rows came back confirmed from an outside page. These are the lines that sharpen a pitch, because they say what each team calls itself rather than what a tag says.

  • is described by Gemini's Cryptopedia as "a decentralized prediction market built on the Ethereum blockchain", and its own site still carries the global, no-limit betting line.
  • brands itself as the layer other betting apps are built on top of, and both its homepage and its own docs call it a decentralized protocol.
  • runs SX Bet, which its welcome page calls "The Prediction Market for Sports", an order book for peer-to-peer sports markets.
  • is covered by KuCoin's research page as "a decentralized prediction market platform launched in 2021", built on Solana with no-loss markets.
  • leads its site with "Prediction Markets for Everyone, Powered by Web 3" and ships an open-source toolkit for EVM chains.
  • documents FORE Predict as "the first decentralized application (or dApp)" built on it, a peer-to-peer prediction product.
  • presents itself on its own site as a fantasy trivia prediction game with contests on crypto, sports and pop culture.
  • runs HandyPick, a prediction game that pays out of daily reward pools on crypto price direction.
  • uses Predict to Earn as its display name on its own X account, which links the finance.vote markets app.

Predictions is the 1 row where the check stopped at a single page with no second source, so this article says nothing about its product and leaves the row to its NAUT page.

How to find a crypto startup's competitors on its own chain?

Chain spread is the cheapest proxy for how far a rival has already pushed past the chain you share. Ranked by the number of chains on NAUT's record for each company, read 4 November 2026.

Chains on NAUT's record per company, the 10 rivals
  1. Azuro4
  2. Polkamarkets4
  3. Augur3
  4. Finance Vote3
  5. PlotX2
  6. Hedgehog2
  7. FORE Protocol2
  8. Predictions2
  9. SX Network1
  10. Handy1

Azuro and Polkamarkets carry 4 chains each, the widest 2 of the 10, while SX Network and Handy are the 2 rows tagged Ethereum and nothing else.

Which rows came out of the 16, and why?

6 of the 16 rows are not prediction market companies by their own text, so a shortlist that keeps them is wrong on 6 of 16 names. Each has its own reason.

  • 4 rows describe a different business in their own NAUT description: Cryption Network (a fiat to crypto onramp), Divergence Protocol (volatility hedging and options), Yala (a Bitcoin lending protocol) and Yesports (a web3 esports and gaming brand).
  • 1 row, DuelNow, carries no description at all, and its stored domain now redirects to an unrelated jewellery storefront, so the project looks dead.
  • 1 row, XYRO, is live and its own site markets gamified trading, with no prediction market language found on it, so it is left out for lack of confirmation.

Those 4 mistagged rows are a tagging defect on NAUT's side, and they are named here rather than tidied away, because a reader running the same filter will hit them.

What this tells a BD team

  • Sell to the 5 widest rows first if your product is chain-specific. 5 of the 10 also run on Polygon, which means 5 integration conversations rather than 1.
  • The 2 Ethereum-only rows, SX Network and Handy, are the clean test cases for anything priced per chain.
  • The second sector tag tells you who buys what. Azuro is tagged Infrastructure and sells to other apps, so it is a partner-shaped account, while a consumer market is a user-acquisition account.
  • To work out who competes with a crypto startup you are already selling to, run the same tag pair on its own NAUT page and read every row it returns.
  • Skip the 6 excluded rows in your CRM, and keep the reason next to each name, or someone on your team will re-add them at the next import.
How a BD team can work these 10 rivals
  1. Open the 10 pagesEach of the 10 rows has its own NAUT page with the team NAUT holds for it.
  2. Split by chain5 also run on Polygon, 2 are tagged Ethereum only, 1 also runs on Solana.
  3. Read the second tag5 of the 10 carry a second sector tag, and Infrastructure means a partner pitch.
  4. Pick the channelEach person page on NAUT says which channels NAUT has on file for them.

What this tells a founder raising

  • Name 10 rivals, not 3. An investor who runs the same tag pair gets 16 rows, so a deck naming 3 looks like it was not checked.
  • Say which of the 10 share your chain. 2 of the 10 are on Ethereum alone, so a multichain roadmap is a real difference rather than a slide.
  • Expect the 6 mistagged rows in the room. If an investor cites Yala or Yesports as a competitor, the answer is their own descriptions: a Bitcoin lending protocol and an esports brand.
  • Use the sector numbers for the market slide. The Prediction Market tag covers 121 companies on NAUT, and 16 of them also run on Ethereum.

How to reach the teams behind the 10 rivals

Each of the 10 companies above has its own NAUT page: Augur, Azuro, Polkamarkets, Finance Vote, PlotX, Hedgehog, FORE Protocol, Predictions, SX Network and Handy. Each page carries the company's sector and chain tags, its domain and X handle where NAUT holds them, and the people NAUT has on file for that company, with a line on each person page saying which channels NAUT holds. Start at the page of the rival closest to your own chain column, then work out to the 4-chain rows.

Related reading on NAUT: Prediction market funding: 43 teams, $2.95B, 40 split $246M and How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. The sector filter behind this article is 1 call, GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=Prediction%20Market&limit=100, which returns the sector's company rows, and 1 company with its team comes back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/augur. Every call is a GET with an Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY header, data and search calls cost 5 credits each, and the endpoints and prices are at naut.so/docs/api with the plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on those company pages unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial when you want the channels as well as the names.

How to find a crypto startup's competitors FAQ

How to find a crypto startup's competitors without paying for a data tool?

Pair the startup's sector tag with its chain tag on NAUT's free directory and read every row the pair returns. Prediction Market paired with Ethereum returned 16 company rows on 4 November 2026, and reading each row's own description cut that to 10 real rivals.

How many prediction market companies does NAUT track?

NAUT's record held 121 companies under the Prediction Market sector tag on 4 November 2026, and 16 of those are also tagged Ethereum. 10 of the 16 describe a prediction, forecasting or betting market in their own words.

Why does a sector tag alone not give a competitor list?

Because a tag is a lead rather than proof. 6 of the 16 rows tagged both Prediction Market and Ethereum describe something else in their own text, from a fiat to crypto onramp to a Bitcoin lending protocol, and a single sector tag is far larger again: DeFi covers 1,215 companies on NAUT, 489 of them also tagged Ethereum.

Which of the 10 rivals runs on the most chains?

Azuro and Polkamarkets each carry 4 chains on NAUT's record as of 4 November 2026, the widest of the 10. SX Network and Handy carry 1 each, Ethereum.

Where can I find these 10 companies and the people to contact at them?

On NAUT. Each of the 10 has a page under /projects/, listing its sector and chain tags, its domain and the people NAUT holds for it, and the same rows come back from GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=Prediction%20Market&limit=100. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those people unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open the channels.

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