New Delhi, July 28 -- As India's digital economy matures, a new wave of analytical thinkers is turning opinion trading into a test of skill and research.

Platforms like Probo, the country's largest opinion trading marketplace with over 50 million registered users, are driving this shift by offering unique, event-driven contracts such as: "Will UPI transaction value in India cross Rs 25,00,000 crore in July?"

These platforms allow users to leverage their knowledge and analytical skills to trade on outcomes across a wide array of categories, including sports, policy, breaking news, the economy and current affairs.

At the forefront are Probo power users -- Bharat Chandani, a Director at an educational institute in Indore and Manish Kumar,...