Prediction market Polymarket will launch a token and airdrop a portion of it to customers after it formally resumes operations within the U.S., the corporate’s chief advertising and marketing officer confirmed Thursday.
“There might be a token, there might be an airdrop,” Polymarket CMO Matthew Modabber mentioned on the Degenz Dwell podcast. However the launch isn’t imminent. Modabber mentioned the corporate is concentrated first on making a powerful return to the U.S. market.
“Proper now our core precedence is launching within the U.S. and making a giant splash there,” he mentioned. “After we maintain enterprise on the U.S. app and U.S. launch there might be a give attention to the token.”
That launch may come any day. Polymarket acquired QCX, a Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC)-registered derivatives change, for $112 million earlier this yr. The transfer was broadly seen as a approach to deliver its prediction markets again to U.S. customers in a completely regulated format.
A regulatory submitting submitted September 30 mentioned, “The Alternate intends to listing the Product(s) no sooner than October 2, 2025, which is not any sooner than the Fee’s enterprise day following this submission.”
That timing suggests the platform’s U.S. model may go dwell at any second.
Modabber didn’t provide particulars on the token’s mechanics or use instances. However he pointed to the token mannequin of Hyperliquid, a non-custodial perpetual change that not too long ago launched a token with out preliminary buying and selling incentives or short-term hype.
“Groups like Hyperliquid who actually thought it via might be round perpetually because of this,” he mentioned.
Polymarket permits customers to guess on real-world outcomes — comparable to election outcomes or sports activities occasions — by shopping for shares in particular outcomes.
The upcoming token might be a part of that subsequent part. However for now, the group is concentrated on clearing the runway.