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Polymarket Confirms Token Airdrop, But US Launch Is Priority — Details

According to the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Moddaber, Polymarket will launch a cryptocurrency, but floating an app for its United States users is the current ￰0￱ revelation comes after the crypto prediction platform’s founder, Shayne Coplan, teased the potential launch of a “POLY” ￰1￱ Release To Come After US App Launch In a recent interview, Moddaber disclosed that Polymarket will eventually launch a crypto token, which will be accompanied by an ￰2￱ company’s executive claimed that they intend to provide value through the potential launch of a ￰3￱ said in the interview: We could have launched a token whenever we wanted, and it’s just how thorough we want to be about ￰4￱ want it to be a token with true utility, longevity, and to be around forever, right?

That’s what we expect from ourselves, and that’s what I think everyone in the space expects from us. However, the Polymarket Chief Marketing Officer highlighted that the primary focus is currently on the US app ￰5￱ Bitcoinist reported in September, the crypto prediction platform has received the green light from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch in the United ￰6￱ questioned the need to rush a crypto token launch when the priority should be on the US app. “After the US launch, there will be a focus on the token and getting that live and making sure that it’s well done,” the marketing executive ￰7￱ Polymarket has had its fair share of trouble with the regulatory authorities in recent years, the recent approval by the US CFTC represented the end of investigations into the crypto prediction ￰8￱ Continues Massive Valuation Growth Polymarket, which gained prominence in 2024 during the 2024 US elections, has become a major player in the prediction market over the past ￰9￱ a result of this growing popularity, the firm has been able to secure a number of partnerships in recent ￰10￱ recently, the crypto prediction firm secured a $2 billion investment from the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE’s) parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

This funding round brought its valuation to around $9 billion earlier this ￰11￱ to the latest report, the company is reportedly preparing for another funding round, as it eyes a $15-billion valuation.

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