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Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform that's enjoying a breakout year in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, raised $45 million in a series B funding round with a roster of big-name investors.
Billionaire Peter Thiel's Founders Fund is the lead investor, Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan told CoinDesk via Telegram message. Other participants include Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, 1confirmation, ParaFi and Dragonfly Capital, Coplan said. He did not disclose how much the company was valued in the transaction.
The round follows a previously undisclosed $25 million series A led by General Catalyst, Coplan said. Factoring in a $4 millionThe company said it also hired Richard Jaycobs as head of market expansion to prepare for its next phase of growth. Jaycobs previously served as executives of tradfi firms, including president of the Cantor Exchange and as the CEO of The Clearing Corporation.
Polymarket is the most successful attempt to build prediction markets on crypto infrastructure. In prediction markets, traders bet money on verifiable outcomes of real-world events in a specified time frame. These events range fromby May 31."Yes" shares were recently trading at 16 cents, indicating the market sees a 16% chance of it happening. Each share pays out $1 if the prediction comes true, and zero if not.
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