Sunsetting Pearl Mini

When Pearl Mini was introduced in May 2026, the idea was simple: read a Polymarket market, get an AI-generated likelihood score on the outcome, and act on it in one click, right in your browser, without leaving the tab or handing over your keys. It was built to be a fast, lightweight AI co-pilot for trades you make yourself.

Unfortunately, Google recently updated its Chrome Web Store policies, and the new rules prohibit prediction market extensions, which is exactly what Pearl Mini is, so it can no longer develop as a Chrome extension.

Here is exactly what this means for you, why your funds are safe, and how to withdraw them.

What happened?

On July 1, 2026, the Chrome Web Store announced a series of policy updates, with enforcement starting August 1, 2026. One of them expands the Regulated Goods and Services policy to explicitly cover prediction markets: extensions that facilitate or enable real-money transactions on predictive outcomes are no longer allowed.

This directly targets the core features of Pearl Mini that no longer can be shipped through the Chrome Web Store, including:

• Challenge AI: A feature where you could bet against the AI's prediction. If the AI called a trade, you could take the opposite side, and if you proved the AI wrong, you'd get your prediction cost refunded.
• Referrals: A simple system to invite friends so you could both earn free prediction credits.

The policy update makes continued development on the Chrome Web Store impossible, so new features are paused and Pearl Mini is being sunset until the rules change. The extension stays available in the store until the end of July; before Chrome's enforcement begins on August 1, it will be taken down, and if the relevant policies change, it might be possible to bring it back. Prediction market work continues elsewhere, including the Pearl desktop app.

Your funds were always yours

Pearl Mini was built on the same principle as the rest of the Olas ecosystem: you own your funds. The extension never touched your keys. That design matters most in a moment like this one. A change to a third-party store's policy doesn't change who controls your money.

You can withdraw while Pearl Mini is still in the Chrome Web Store, up until the end of July: open the extension, click the settings icon on your dashboard, and use the Export key buttons.

Pearl wallet (prediction funds). This is where your prediction balance and reserve balance live: USDC on Polygon, and USDC on Tempo that pays for predictions. Use the Export key button next to your Pearl wallet to reveal its private key, then import it into any wallet extension such as MetaMask to reach those funds on both chains.

Your Tempo prediction channel. Predictions are paid through a small payment channel on Tempo, funded from your Pearl wallet with a deposit of about $0.50 by default. Most of it goes to the predictions themselves, so only a small unspent remainder can be left over, and there's no one-click button to close the channel. If you'd like that remainder back, it's possible and a lengthy process. Reach out through the support form to get help navigating this process.

Agent wallet and trading wallet (your trading balance). Your agent wallet doesn't hold funds directly. Your trading balance sits in your trading wallet, a Safe smart account on Polygon that the agent wallet controls as its signer. To reach it, export the agent wallet key, import it into a wallet extension, open the Safe web app at app.safe.global, load your trading wallet address on Polygon, and connect with the imported agent wallet to sign withdrawals.

Your Polymarket positions. Your open positions live in your trading wallet, and your agent wallet is the key that signs for it. To view them, open polymarket.com/ — the same link the extension's "View positions on Polymarket" button uses. To close or move a position, sign with your agent wallet through the Safe app, following the steps above.

After Pearl Mini is removed from the store at the end of July, you can still get to the same wallet. Pearl Mini utilized Privy for secure embedded logins. You can go directly to home.privy.io, sign in with the exact email address used to set up Pearl Mini, and export the keys directly from the interface. If you'd rather use the in-extension export flow, you can still load the developer build of the extension.

What this doesn't affect

This change is specific to the Pearl Mini Chrome extension. It doesn't affect the Pearl desktop app or the agents that run there. If you want a fully autonomous approach to prediction markets, Polystrat trades Polymarket 24/7 from the Pearl desktop app, outside the Chrome Web Store, and your Olas-powered agents keep running as before.

Moving forward

Pearl Mini was a short experiment that proved a point: AI insight delivered right where you trade is useful. The idea worked, but unfortunately, the can no longer be accessed in the store originally intended.

It's also a reminder of why ownership matters. Because your funds and keys were always yours, a store's policy change can pause a product but can't put your assets out of reach. That principle isn't unique to Pearl Mini — it's the foundation of everything in the Olas ecosystem. The Pearl desktop app and its agents run locally, are self-custodial, and owned by you, so if you care about staying in control of your funds and your AI, that's where to keep going.

Thank you to the early users who tested Pearl Mini. Take your time moving your funds, and if you hit any trouble with the steps above, send a message over the support form on the Pearl Mini page.