Ovanti (ASX: OVT) Partners with Yuno.trade to Launch Licensed Prediction Market Across Asia

Key Highlights

• Ovanti (ASX: OVT) signs exclusive four-year partnership with prediction market platform Yuno.trade

• OVT to become Yuno.trade’s exclusive global payment processor and technology infrastructure partner

• Partnership targets launch of a licensed prediction market platform across Southeast Asia and Central Asia

• Yuno.trade founded by former Binance executives and leading traders from Polymarket

• Prediction market industry volumes reached approximately US$24 billion in April 2026

• Ovanti shares traded at 2.5 cents on Tuesday, giving the company a market capitalisation of approximately $25.9 million

Ovanti targets emerging prediction market boom

A small Australian fintech is making a bold move into one of the fastest-growing corners of the digital economy.

Ovanti (ASX: OVT) announced on Tuesday it had signed an exclusive partnership with Yuno.trade, a prediction market platform founded by former Binance executives and traders from industry heavyweight Polymarket, as the company looks to establish a regulated foothold in Southeast Asia and Central Asia.

The deal positions Ovanti as both the exclusive global payment processor and embedded technology infrastructure partner for the platform, creating a new growth avenue tied to the rising popularity of event-based trading markets.

While Ovanti’s shares were down 28.57% to 2.5 cents in morning trade, the announcement marks a strategic shift into a sector that has rapidly expanded over the past year.

Source: MarketIndex 

Betting on a growing digital market

Prediction markets allow users to trade on the outcome of future events, ranging from elections and sporting contests to economic indicators and technology trends.

The sector has moved from a niche financial product into a mainstream digital market category.

According to data referenced by Ovanti, combined monthly trading volumes across leading platforms Kalshi and Polymarket climbed to approximately US$24 billion in April 2026, nearly five times higher than levels recorded in late 2025. Source: Pew Research Center analysis cited in Ovanti’s ASX announcement.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to drive heightened engagement across prediction market platforms, with users able to trade on match results, tournament progression and related events. Ovanti believes major global sporting events could become powerful catalysts for transaction growth.

More than a payments deal

The partnership extends well beyond payment processing.

Through its wholly owned businesses iSentric and Datamorph, Ovanti will provide core infrastructure services that underpin the operation of the platform, including settlement systems, transaction orchestration, authentication, fraud monitoring, reconciliation, reporting and API connectivity.

The companies also plan to leverage Ovanti’s Labuan Digital Commercial Banking Licence and existing banking relationships to establish a regulated, bank-integrated prediction market platform across high-growth Asian markets.

Southeast Asia alone is home to nearly 700 million people and a digital economy expected to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value, according to figures referenced in the announcement. More than 60% of payments in the region are already digital.

A familiar playbook in fintech

The attraction for Ovanti lies in the infrastructure layer rather than the consumer-facing platform.

Many of the largest fintech success stories globally have been built on transaction processing and payment rails rather than direct customer acquisition.

Under the agreement, Ovanti expects to generate revenue from deposits, withdrawals, settlement flows, payment routing, authentication services, reconciliation and other transaction-related activities. As trading volumes increase, management expects revenue opportunities to scale alongside platform activity.

Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer Daler Fayziev said the partnership gives the company exposure to one of the fastest-growing categories in digital markets.

“This partnership places Ovanti at the infrastructure layer of one of the fastest-emerging categories in digital markets. By combining Yuno.trade’s prediction market platform with Ovanti’s Labuan Commercial Banking Licence and infrastructure as well as Ovanti’s payment processing capability and technology through our wholly owned operating businesses iSentric and Datamorph, we believe Ovanti is uniquely positioned to support and monetise high-frequency event-based market activity across Southeast Asia and Central Asia.”

The road ahead

The agreement runs for an initial four years and includes an option for a further four-year extension subject to performance milestones.

For Ovanti, the opportunity now shifts from signing the partnership to converting infrastructure capabilities into transaction-driven revenue.

As prediction markets continue to attract global attention and regulatory scrutiny, the company’s strategy places it at the intersection of fintech, digital payments and alternative trading platforms, sectors that are increasingly converging as online financial ecosystems evolve.