Rain, a decentralized prediction markets protocol, said it will commit $100 million in liquidity ahead of the launch of Rain V2, with deployment scheduled to be completed before the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The allocation includes $50 million in USDT and $50 million in RAIN, both to be added directly to the ecosystem’s liquidity pools. Rain said the move places it among the world’s three largest prediction market ecosystems by total value locked, alongside Polymarket and Kalshi.
Liquidity push targets World Cup trading demand
The protocol said the capital is meant to create deeper market depth and scalable infrastructure for users, traders, developers, and applications building on Rain during the World Cup cycle and after it. The World Cup is described by the company as one of the biggest expected catalysts for prediction market activity, so the timing is central to the rollout. The plan is straightforward: build liquidity first, then absorb higher trading flow around a global event.
Rain also framed itself as a fully decentralized and permissionless infrastructure layer, rather than a centralized operator. According to the announcement, anyone can create prediction markets on any topic, while developers, communities, companies, and AI agents can launch custom forecasting applications, public or private markets, and localized products across multiple languages without centralized approval.
V2 upgrade centers on on-chain order books
Rain V2 is set to introduce infrastructure changes focused on scalability, liquidity efficiency, and trading performance. A key addition is a new on-chain order book built for both regular users and professional market makers. Rain said this should support deeper liquidity, larger trade execution, and a more advanced trading setup across the protocol.
The system will also use AI-powered tools for market creation, categorization, moderation, and resolution workflows. In the company’s description, that framework is intended to support global forecasting markets across nearly any category and language, expanding the protocol beyond a narrow set of regions or use cases.
CEO says the market structure is opening up
Roy Shaham, CEO of Rain, called the announcement a defining moment for the protocol and for decentralized prediction markets. He said the World Cup is expected to bring major global attention to the sector and that Rain V2 is being built to handle that scale from day one. Shaham also said the $100 million liquidity commitment puts Rain among the largest players in the category and changes a market dynamic that, in his words, has been dominated by only a small number of platforms.
Rain said it is built on Arbitrum and uses account abstraction infrastructure to support onboarding, gas abstraction, cross-chain deposits, and scalable market creation. The protocol allows public and private prediction markets, while developers can build niche forecasting products on top of it. The original release also included a Dune link for Rain’s real-time TVL data. The source material for this report is a press release issued by the project.