VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA July 22, 2026 – Intellistake Technologies Corp. (CSE: ISTK) (OTCQB: ISTKF) (FSE: E41) ("Intellistake" or the "Company"), a technology company developing software across artificial intelligence (“AI”), blockchain and digital-asset infrastructure, announces that it has secured sole and exclusive ownership of Gravity, its proprietary liquidity and execution technology for prediction markets.
As Gravity’s development progressed, the Company evaluated the technology against the wider structure of the prediction-market sector and identified potential applications across a broader range of platforms and contract categories. Full ownership, without any third party rights, enables Intellistake to continue developing Gravity around this expanded commercial opportunity while retaining control of the underlying technology.
In connection with this broader strategy, Intellistake and Prospect Prediction Markets Inc. (“Prospect”) have entered into a termination and mutual release agreement relating to their March
2, 2026 development and platform agreement. The parties mutually agreed to conclude the arrangement, with Intellistake retaining sole ownership of Gravity and all related software, algorithms, AI and machine-learning models, interfaces, specifications and development work. The termination of this agreement removes any rights that Prospect had as it relates to Gravity, including the initial two year exclusivity arrangement and revenue share.
Full Ownership Opens a Broader Commercial Opportunity
Prediction markets now support contracts linked to sports, economic indicators, financial markets, politics, entertainment and other real-world outcomes. The Company believes this range of contract categories creates a broader opportunity for technology capable of supporting liquidity, pricing and reliable execution across the sector.
Combined monthly trading volume increased from approximately US$25.66 billion in May 2026 to US$44.8 billion in June 2026, representing growth of approximately 75%.¹ Earlier data showed monthly volume rising from less than US$5 billion in September 2025 to approximately US$24 billion by April 2026.³
However, overall sector volume does not reflect the liquidity available in most individual contracts. A CNBC analysis found that approximately 70% of closed contracts on a leading prediction-market platform generated less than US$10,000 in reported volume between 2021 and the end of May 2026. More than 45,000 closed contracts recorded no reported volume.²
Thinly traded contracts can experience wider differences between buying and selling prices, greater volatility and larger price movements from relatively small trades. Intellistake believes this gap between overall sector growth and liquidity within individual contracts demonstrates the need for technology designed to improve market depth and execution.
Gravity’s Development
Gravity is being developed as a modular liquidity and execution infrastructure layer intended to help prediction markets remain tradable, liquid and capital-efficient. It is designed for fast-moving markets where breaking information can create sudden pricing discrepancies, one-sided trading activity and temporary liquidity imbalances.
The technology is being designed to:
- identify directional liquidity imbalances;
- direct incentives towards positions where market depth is weakest;
- support price discovery when new contracts launch;
- improve execution during rapid or one-sided trading activity; and
- help platforms expand their contract offerings without further fragmenting liquidity.
Gravity remains under development and has not been commercially deployed. However, Intellistake has received preliminary expressions of interest from third parties regarding Gravity
and its potential applications. These discussions remain at an early stage, and there can be no assurance that they will result in a commercial agreement, licence, partnership or other transaction.
Jason Dussault, Chief Executive Officer of Intellistake, commented:
“As Gravity’s development progressed, we identified a significantly broader opportunity for the technology, both within prediction markets and across other markets where liquidity, pricing and execution remain persistent challenges. Securing full ownership gives Intellistake the flexibility to develop Gravity around this wider commercial opportunity including applications outside of prediction markets while retaining control of the underlying intellectual property.
Prediction-market volumes are growing, but the data shows that liquidity remains concentrated and most individual contracts are still thinly traded. Similar challenges can arise across other emerging and fragmented markets where participants require deeper liquidity, more efficient price discovery and reliable execution.
Our focus is now on continuing Gravity’s development and evaluating the platforms, partners, market structures and applications where the technology can create the greatest value.”
The Company will provide further updates as Gravity’s development progresses and if any material commercial agreements are reached.
Sources
1. https://www.theblock.co/data/decentralized-finance/prediction-markets
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/prediction-markets-mostly-have-thinly-traded-contracts-.html
3. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/05/27/trading-volume-on-prediction-markets-has-soared-in-recent-months/

