Polymarket 

What is the Polymarket prediction market?

Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market where traders buy and sell shares in the outcomes of real-world events. Shayne Coplan founded Polymarket through Polymarket Labs in 2020. Event topics span elections, crypto price moves, sports, and news. The platform settles trades in USDC on Polygon, and DropsTab classifies Polymarket under Predictions. The asset carries no ticker, because no token exists yet.

How does Polymarket work?

Users buy shares in a specific outcome of an event. Each Polymarket contract resolves to $1 if the predicted outcome occurs and $0 if it does not. Contract prices therefore act as live probability odds: a contract trading at $0.65 implies a 65% market-implied chance. Polymarket runs settlement in USDC on Polygon and uses off-chain order matching for execution speed.

Does Polymarket have a token?

No. Polymarket has no token, and no POLY asset exists on-chain. No maximum supply, total supply, or smart contract is recorded for Polymarket. Aggregator listings showing a legacy POLY ticker at $0 refer to a defunct token unrelated to the current platform. Any tokenomics figures attributed to Polymarket today have no official source behind them.

When is the Polymarket token launch date (TGE)?

No TGE date has been published. A Polymarket executive said in October 2025 that a token and a user airdrop are planned after the formal US relaunch. No allocation breakdown, supply cap, or tokenomics document has been released alongside that statement. Until a TGE date exists, no vesting schedule or unlock calendar can be built for Polymarket.

Who backed Polymarket?

Per DropsTab data, Polymarket raised $1B on August 31, 2026 in a round led by 1789 Capital at a $21B post-money valuation. Disclosed funding exceeds $3.8B across nine rounds. Earlier rounds include a $4M seed in October 2020 led by Polychain Capital, a $45M Series B in May 2024 led by Founders Fund, and $150M in January 2025 at a $1.2B valuation.

What does Polymarket's fundraising signal about project maturity?

The Polymarket investor list combines top-tier crypto funds and traditional finance institutions. Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Dragonfly Capital appear across rounds. Vitalik Buterin, Naval Ravikant, and Balaji Srinivasan participated as angels. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, invested roughly $2.6B across two rounds. That ICE concentration signals mainstream financial-market validation of the prediction-market model.

Is Polymarket legal in the US?

Polymarket serves US users through Polymarket US (QCX LLC), a CFTC-regulated business relaunched from late 2025. The global platform operates as a separate entity alongside it. This two-entity structure is Polymarket's core compliance response to regulatory scrutiny of prediction markets. Oversight of event contracts remains an active regulatory topic, so the US offering runs under CFTC supervision.

Has Polymarket held an ICO or public token sale?

No. Polymarket has not held an ICO, and no public token sale exists to participate in. All disclosed funding came through nine private venture rounds tracked on DropsTab. The investable exposure today is private equity in Polymarket, available only to the accredited and institutional investors in those rounds. Any "Polymarket ICO" offering promoted elsewhere is not an official sale.

Does Polymarket have an airdrop?

Polymarket has confirmed airdrop plans but has distributed nothing, and no eligibility rules exist. No snapshot date, qualification criterion, or claim mechanism has been published. Per DropsTab data, Polymarket carries a Potential Airdrop tracking entry, and community speculation holds that trading activity on the platform may factor into future eligibility. That link is unconfirmed, and the entry is informational rather than a claimable campaign.

What is the Polymarket perps waitlist?

Polymarket opened a waitlist for its perpetual futures (perps) product on April 21, 2026. Early access is granted through official signup, announced on the project's X account. The waitlist is not a token distribution, and Polymarket attaches no confirmed reward to it. Status and signup details live on Polymarket's official channels.