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Settle the winning side the instant you resolve

Your platform calls the outcome; Paymos pays the holders. Collect entries in USDT or USDC that can't be reversed once they confirm, then fire one payout call to every winning wallet the moment your rules release the market. How the event resolves and how it's authorised both stay with the operator.

Settle the winning side the instant you resolve

Where the payment stack fights a resolution engine

Why does card settlement break at resolution?

A market's edge is paying the right side the instant an event is called. Cards and teaser-priced gateways add four frictions that fight exactly that.

A loser can dispute the entry after the outcome is known

You've already paid the winning side, then a holder of the losing side files "I didn't authorise that." Months later the card rail pulls their entry back plus a per-dispute fee, and the loss compounds: you funded the payout out of money the issuer just reversed. A market that resolves cleanly can't run on entries that uncollect themselves.

Mass payouts don't fit a card refund API

Resolution means crediting every holder of the winning side at once — sometimes thousands of accounts off one outcome. Card rails were built to charge, not to disburse to a list; pushing money out runs through refund and payout flows that throttle, batch by banking day, and charge per send. The payout your engine computes in milliseconds takes the bank days to deliver.

A "0.5%" headline is charged on both the entry and the payout

Other crypto gateways quote a low figure, then layer a swap markup, a transfer fee and merchant-paid network gas — once when the entry lands and again when the resolved payout leaves. A market touches both legs on every position, so the realistic all-in commonly lands at 1.5–2% or more. On thin-margin event pricing, that gap is the house edge.

A reserve locks the float that backs open positions

The money traders stake on open positions is the money you owe the winning side at resolution. A held-back reserve and a multi-day payout cycle freeze part of it exactly when you need it liquid, and a trader who waits days for a called market routes the next position to a venue that settles on resolution.

A rail that pays a list on a trigger

What does a wallet rail give a resolution engine?

From the entry that opens a position to the call that releases the pool, four points where on-chain settlement matches how a market actually works.

An entry that confirms can't uncollect itself

A confirmed stablecoin entry is final, so the losing side has no dispute button to pull money back after the outcome lands. The cash that opened the position stays yours to pay the winning side with — no per-dispute fee, no ratio drifting toward a surcharge, and nothing held in a reserve against the chance of a clawback that can't happen.

One call pays every winning holder at once

When your rules release the market, your system hands Paymos the list — each winning holder's wallet, amount, network and asset — and the transfers broadcast together, landing in seconds whether the holder sits one timezone away or twelve. Settling a thousand winners off one outcome is a payout call to a whitelist, not a banking-day batch run.

The dollar that opens a position is the dollar that pays it

Entries arrive and payouts leave in the same stablecoin, so nothing converts behind the scenes and no spread gets shaved off either leg. One flat 1.0% on a settled entry already absorbs acceptance gas and the sweep; the payout side carries no second processing fee, and Paymos takes nothing on the send — you cover only a reduced network cost, less than the chain bills direct. The rate you quote is the rate you settle at. Full breakdown in Pricing.

Your engine decides; the money follows the same instant

Your platform reads the event, grades the positions, and releases the pool — Paymos never touches the outcome, only executes the payouts your rules authorise. A contested settlement, a void, a re-grade: the call is yours alone, and the transfers move only once you trigger them. No oracle wired into payments, no banking calendar standing between resolution and a paid winner.

What runs on the rail today

Which market flows fit a wallet?

Four patterns operators run — a routine entry, an outsized one, a resolved pool paid in one call, and a renewed market pass.

Open a position — Embedded Checkout

A trader takes a side through your cashier and pays in USDT or USDC. The entry confirms in seconds and the position opens on the spot — no issuer to decline the category, nothing parked in a reserve, and no way for the entry to be reversed after the market is called.

Place a large position — Payment Link

A desk wants size on one outcome. You send a payment link, they pay from an exchange withdrawal or their own wallet, and the funds credit to your balance on confirmation with the position opening the same moment — a real invoice on the trade, nothing held back.

Release the pool — Host-to-Host API

You resolve the event and your rules release the market. Your system posts the winning list to the payout endpoint and every holder is paid in one signed batch, each to their own wallet in seconds — settled against your call, with no second processing fee and Paymos taking nothing on the send.

Renew a market pass — fresh invoice each cycle

A regular keeps a monthly pass for premium markets or data. Each cycle your system issues a new invoice and the trader approves it from their wallet in one tap — no card on file, no card to expire, and nothing pulled automatically. Stopping is simply not paying the next one.

Prediction markets on a wallet rail

Frequently asked questions

Does Paymos decide how my market is classified or licensed?
No. How your event market is classified and authorised in each jurisdiction is yours to determine and maintain, with counsel. Paymos doesn't rule on whether your market is a derivative, gaming or something else, and it doesn't grant that authorisation. It runs the payment leg; the legal footing stays with the operator.
How does a resolution-triggered payout actually run?
Your platform grades the event and computes who holds the winning side, then posts each winner to the payout endpoint with their whitelisted wallet, amount, network and asset. Paymos signs every transfer with 2-of-3 MPC threshold signing — two of three nodes must co-sign, so no single key and no single employee can move the treasury alone — and broadcasts only after your rules clear. Paymos never reads event data or resolves the market; it executes the payouts you authorise.
Does same-token settlement avoid a forced conversion?
Yes. A dollar-stablecoin entry credits your Paymos balance in the same asset, and the resolved payout leaves in that same asset — no forced swap, no currency-conversion leg, no rate shaved off either direction. Any conversion you choose to do happens later, on your own treasury terms, separate from the payment.
Who handles trader KYC and AML — Paymos or the operator?
The operator. Paymos doesn't enrol traders, screen wallets, or gate an entry on verification status — there's no vetting layer between your platform and the payment. Whatever KYC and AML your authorisation requires stays on your side, with your own vendor; Paymos runs the money movement, not trader identity.
How do refunds work if a market is voided?
You return each entry yourself, as an operator-initiated transfer back to the wallet it came from — the same payout call you already use, with no separate refund API and no customer-facing refund portal. Because Paymos only charges the 1.0% on a settled entry, returning entries on a voided market carries no extra processing fee; you cover only the network cost on the way out.
Can I rehearse a full resolution batch before go-live?
Yes. Sandbox runs the same code as production — one API contract, the same HMAC-SHA256 webhook signing, the same payout pipeline and status machines — with testnets standing in for production networks. So you can drive a complete cycle on a test chain: many entries opening positions, the webhook retries, and a multi-winner payout off one resolution, against the exact code that ships. What you measure in sandbox is what your traders meet at launch.

Honest disqualifier

When a wallet rail is the wrong fit

Four market designs this rail doesn't carry — better to hear it before you spend integration time.

You need a payment partner to vouch for the structure

Paymos executes the payments you authorise and takes no view on how your market is classified — it won't tell you whether your event market is a derivative or gaming, and it won't stand behind that judgement. If you're looking for a payments partner to validate or warrant the legal structure of the market, that isn't what this rail is; that call stays with you and your counsel.

A clearinghouse or custodian of record is mandatory

Where your model requires trades to clear through a regulated venue or trader funds to sit with a custodian of record, a wallet you control yourself doesn't fill that role. Paymos is settlement plumbing under your own keys — by design not a clearing member and not a custodian of record. If your structure needs one, you're shopping in a different category.

You promise traders fiat in and fiat out

Entries arrive and payouts leave as stablecoins to wallets — nothing in the rail moves dollars into a bank account, and a voided market is unwound by transfers you send back yourself. If your front end commits to bank deposits and withdrawals, you'd be bolting the conversion layer on top. Own that scope deliberately, or pick a fiat-native provider.

Your traders come from brokerage apps, not wallets

Flow that arrives from stock-trading apps funds by bank transfer and card and has often never signed a wallet transaction. For that crowd, the wallet step is a drop-off, not a draw. Point the stablecoin rail at traders who already hold one, and let the brokerage audience keep the funding they know.

Pricing

1.0% on the entry. The resolution payout adds no second cut

The 1.0% is charged once, on a settled entry, and already covers acceptance gas and same-token settlement. Releasing the pool costs no extra processing fee — Paymos takes nothing on the send, and you pay only a reduced network cost, less than the chain bills direct. No reserve, no payout hold. High-volume platforms go to 0.3% on request. Other crypto gateways quote from 0.5% but settle nearer 1.5–2% once swap, transfer and gas land on both the entry and the payout.

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Call the outcome; pay the winning side the same instant