The mid-term elections have seen Augur's open interest in betting contracts rise to 10,134 , or just over $2.1m, with the most popular market being "Which party will control the House after the Midterm?"
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US election gives decentralized prediction market Augur a boost
Augur's languid daily user numbers, however, have not noticeably taken off. According to DappRadar, they range from 19 to 56 users per day in October. The all-time high, hit the day of the platform's launch, is 256. Even so, according to Predictions.Global co-founder Ryan Berckmans, the growth of the midterms market augurs well for the platform. "It used to be very concentrated" in the market for ether's year-end price, he said. "That's still a big market, but the diversification into different verticals is a very good sign."

