Shayne Coplan

The founder of Polymarket claims that the platform "is not about politics" as it takes "center stage" in the lead up to the United States presidential election.

Despite crypto prediction markets platform Polymarket being on the “center stage” as the United States presidential election approaches, its founder claims that it has no intention of being recognized as a political website.

“Polymarket is not about politics. The vision never was to be a political website, and it still isn't. From launch day, the goal has been to, "harness the power of free markets to demystify the real world events that matter most to you,” Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan stated in an Oct. 25 X post.

Coplan also dismissed rumors that those behind the platform are “Dem operatives” or holds any political bias.

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