UMA Reaches 100,000 Verified Assertions Milestone

UMA Protocol, the team behind Across Protocol and oSnap, continues their hiring efforts with repeated job postings. The company is actively expanding their team as they build web3's optimistic oracle infrastructure. **Key Points:** - Ongoing recruitment campaign spanning multiple months - Focus on growing team for Across Protocol and oSnap development - Consistent hiring messaging indicates sustained growth plans For those interested in web3 infrastructure roles, UMA appears to offer opportunities in the optimistic oracle space.

**Plasma bridging** is now available on Across Protocol, secured by UMA's optimistic oracle technology. This follows the recent addition of **HyperEVM bridging** on September 16th, expanding Across's multi-chain capabilities. - Plasma technology enables faster, cheaper transactions - UMA provides security through its optimistic oracle system - Part of Across's ongoing infrastructure expansion The integration represents another step in Across Protocol's evolution as a cross-chain bridging solution, leveraging UMA's proven security model to protect user funds during transfers.

**UMA has secured its position as the leading prediction market platform.** The protocol continues to dominate the prediction market space, building on its previous achievement of becoming the biggest prediction market by volume with **$17.5B** in activity. This milestone reinforces UMA's role as a key infrastructure provider in the decentralized prediction market ecosystem, leveraging its optimistic oracle technology to enable secure and reliable market operations. The development strengthens UMA's market position as prediction markets gain broader adoption in the web3 space.

**Prediction markets are evolving beyond centralized platforms** that act as both judge and jury in determining outcomes. **The solution: onchain prediction markets with decentralized resolution.** This approach eliminates platform bias and creates a truly global, unbiased source of truth. **Key developments:** - Platforms like Polymarket gaining traction - UMA's oracle technology enabling decentralized resolution - Movement toward fully onchain prediction infrastructure **Why it matters:** Traditional prediction markets suffer from centralization risks where platforms control both the betting and the outcome determination. Decentralized resolution removes this conflict of interest. **The vision:** A global truth machine where market participants can trust outcomes are determined fairly through decentralized consensus rather than platform discretion. This shift represents a fundamental improvement in prediction market integrity and trustworthiness.