Polymarket Founder Teases POLY — Crypto’s Biggest Airdrop Incoming?
Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan—newly thrust into the broader financial spotlight after Bloomberg placed him on its Billionaires Index as the youngest self-made member—has ignited fresh speculation about a native token for the event-markets platform. In a terse post on X, Coplan simply wrote: “$BTC $ETH $BNB $SOL $POLY 🤔,” a construction that bracketed an unannounced […]
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Following legal setbacks that limited access for American investors back in 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officially approved Polymarket’s launch as a crypto-based prediction market in the United States. Polymarket To Enter US Market Shayne Coplan, Polymarket’s CEO, shared the news on X (formerly Twitter), stating that the prediction platform has been given […]
According to the latest reports, crypto-based prediction platform Polymarket is preparing for a new funding round that could see its valuation rise to $10 billion. This move to raise additional capital comes as the company prepares to relaunch in the United States. On September 3, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan revealed on the social media platform […]
Around 1:00 PM UTC, the official Twitter handle for Poly Network reported an attack on their platform resulting in one of the worst attacks on DeFi since its inception. The hacker managed to transfer over $600 million in assets to Polygon, Ethereum, and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) addresses. According to their website, PolyNetwork is a […]